WILL GENIA

has said Michael Cheika was preparing the side better than any coach he had ever worked with, but the players were losing their clarity and focus when under pressure on the pitch.

Last week’s loss to Argentina was a fifth defeat in seven tests and the first at home to the Pumas in 35 years, sending the two-time World Cup winners tumbling to seventh in the world rankings, an unprecedented low.

‘I just have an overwhelming feeling of having let people down,’ the 30-year-old admitted this week.