Not happy.

Wallabies boss Michael Cheika is not happy with Fiji after their World Cup opponents on Saturday lodged a complaint to World Rugby that resulted in Reece Hodge being cited.

Hodge’s no-arms, shoulder tackle on Peceli Yato – which saw the Fijian back-rower ruled out of the contest through rugby’s HIA policy, had been the subject of significant social media discussion up until that point despite it being cleared on the field at the time.

But Cheika says he received no indication from Fiji that they would refer the incident, calling their actions no in the “spirit of the game.”

“Probably the most disappointing thing was the Fijians,” Cheika said Monday morning.

“I think after the game we had a lot of friendly discussion with myself and the coach [John McKee]; he talked to our other coaches, there was no mention of anything.”

“And then to get a referral from them in the way it was referred, especially, that was really disappointing, I don’t find that … in the spirit of the game at all, which is something you know from Fiji. So the coaching staff, I was really quite surprised with the way they brought their own referral post-match.”

“That would’ve been a little disappointing from a spirit of rugby point of view. I prefer they come up to me and get upset with me if they were really upset about it; not to then talk to me in that nice sort of friendly chitty-chat way and go behind your back then put in a referral. I don’t think I’ve ever referred anyone over a time.”