• Cheika labelled Fiji referral as not ‘in spirit of the game’ • Hodge faces hearing on Wednesday over tackle on YatoThe Fiji head coach, John McKee, has hit back at his Wallabies counterpart after Michael Cheika said Fiji’s referral of winger Reece Hodge to the match citing official was not in the “spirit of the game”.
Hodge faces a hearing in Tokyo on Wednesday after Fiji referred his first-half tackle on Peceli Yato, which saw the flanker leave the field with concussion. At the time of the incident in Saturday’s Pool D match, Fiji were leading and Yato was their standout player on the pitch. Hodge scored Australia’s next try as the Wallabies went on to win 39-21.