Wallabies players insist they did not know about the fractured relationship between Wallabies coach and Rugby Australia chief executive amid calls for a full, independent review of the governing body
Cheika, who had been in the job four years by that point, wanted full autonomy - but after a horror run that had seen the Wallabies lose nine of 13 Tests in Australia, was forced to accept the changes in order to keep his job.
"It's an irrelevant issue, honestly,'' said Cheika, insisting the fractured relationship with Castle and chairman Clyne couldn't be blamed for Australia's equal-worst World Cup campaign. "It's for other people to decide all that. My job's with the team ... no excuses, no nothing. That's the way I've always operated and that's the way I'll continue to operate.
David Pocock, sporting a battle wound on his face from a brutal quarter-final against England, echoed Hooper's comments.
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