No World Cup gimmes, warns Australia coach Michael Cheika after draw pits them against Wales and Georgia

The two-time winners avoided a ‘Group of Death’ scenario, which they had at the 2015 tournament, when they were pitted with Wales and Georgia in pool D at the draw in Kyoto on Wednesday.

The group will also contain two yet-to-be-determined qualifiers from Oceania (Fiji, Tonga or Samoa) and the Americas (United States, Canada or Uruguay).

Australia, England and Wales had to fight for two spots in the play-offs for the 2015 World Cup before the Wallabies went on to lose the London final to the All Blacks.

In two years time they have just the Welsh, who haven’t beaten Australia in 12 attempts since 2009, and Georgia, who have never beaten a major test-playing nation, to worry about.

Cheika though played down suggestions of an easy draw, warning to think that way would be a mistake.