Mckee hits back at Cheika who accused Fijian coaches of being two faced

Fiji Airways Flying Fijians coach, John McKee has hit back at the claims of his Wallabies counterpart Michael Cheika who accused the Fijian coaches of being two‑faced.

Following the Reece Hodge incident in the Wallabies 39‑21 victory over Fiji on Saturday, Cheika claimed that McKee and his fellow Fijian coaches went behind his back in escalating the dangerous tackle.

McKee says maybe Cheika's views of what's within the spirit of the game are slightly different to some other people, but it's not up to him to decide what exactly he meant by that comment.

Earlier in the week, Cheika had accused the Fijian coaches of being friendly and saying nothing to his face before seeking a post‑match referral of Hodge's no‑arms tackle that caused a match‑ending concussion to standout Fiji flanker Peceli Yato.

McKee says the process in the World Cup, it is the citing commissioner who cites people if they deem something could have been a red card offence and was missed on the field.

He adds in the citing official's opinion, it's a red card offence and it's up to Australia Rugby to argue whatever they wish, and for the judiciary to decide.

He adds from their side, they lost a player who was nearly the most influential player on the park at that the time of the game for the rest of the game, and because of the head injury he can't play in the Uruguay game either.

Fiji takes on Uruguay at 5.15pm today in their second pool match of the Rugby World Cup.

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