MICHAEL Cheika insists the Wallabies are not afraid of taking the hard road to World Cup glory and is using Johnathan Thurston's Cowboys as inspiration.
The Wallabies face Wales at Twickenham on Sunday, to determine who tops the pool.
The loser will fall into the same side of the draw as the mighty All Blacks. "I just saw the North Queensland Cowboys win the NRL and they didn't finish first, " Cheika said.REPORT, P54