Australia's coach Michael Cheika (R) talks with Stephen Moore while playing New Zealand's All Black's during their Bledisloe Cup rugby match at Eden Park in Auckland, August 15, 2015. REUTERS/Nigel Marple

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia coach Michael Cheika acknowledged his rugby World Cup squad selections may been seen as risky, but the 31-man squad he named on Friday is part of a clear plan to progress from a tough Pool A - dubbed the "group of death".
Cheika surprised some observers by naming an uncapped prop in Toby Smith and inexperienced flanker Sean McMahon in his squad that included just two scrumhalves and omitted former captain James Horwill.
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