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Cheika was the coach of the Australia rugby union team from 2014 to 2019, and the Argentina national team between 2022 and the 2023 Rugby World Cup. In 2015, he received the World Rugby Coach of the Year award after leading Australia to the 2015 Rugby World Cup final.
Sep 4, 2023 · Learn about the life and career of Michael Cheika, who led Australia to the 2015 World Cup final and now coaches Argentina until 2023. Find out his achievements, controversies, languages and fashion business.
Oct 6, 2022 · Watch a revealing Australian Story on rugby coach Michael Cheika, who quit the Wallabies after the 2019 World Cup and now leads Argentina and Lebanon. He talks about his achievements, controversies and his Lebanese heritage.
- 'I Don't Want to Show People Who I Am'
- Cheika's 'Passion Project'
- The 'Outsider' Motivated by A Challenge
- 'You've Got to Play Above Your Weight'
- Unfinished Business in World Cup Pursuit
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On the face of it, Cheika's decision to coach Lebanon's national team, the Cedars, is a baffling one. He has never coached rugby league before and Lebanon is ranked a lowly 13th going into a World Cup that generates little excitement compared with rival tournaments in football and rugby. It's hardly a prestige gig. But Michael Cheika has always del...
There are several factors that explain why Cheika has taken on this role with the Cedars when he has so much else on his plate. For a start, Michael Cheika is fiercely proud of his Lebanese heritage and how his parents came here from Lebanon with so little and created such a comfortable life for him and his two older siblings, Caroline and Paul. "M...
There is, perhaps, a deeper reason for Cheika's interest in the Cedars, who few see going far in the upcoming tournament. Cheika's always had a soft spot for the underdog and loves to overcome low expectations His greatest coaching successes – Irish club Leinster winning Europe's top rugby competition in 2009, the NSW Waratahs winning the Super Rug...
Michael Cheika likes to win. Every coach does, of course, but Cheika's antipathy for losing is legendary. When he took on the job as Wallabies coach in 2014, the team had a dream run. But in the years leading up to the 2019 World Cup, things went from bad to worse and the losses far outweighed the wins. "There's times where they've had a big loss I...
As much as this team means to Michael Cheika, there's a greater goal on the horizon. Next year the Rugby World Cup takes place in France and Cheika will be there with Argentina. He's never won a World Cup and will be hoping to go one better than he did in 2015, when he took a resurgent Wallabies to the final, only to be beaten by New Zealand. "They...
Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is now leading Lebanon's rugby league team at the World Cup, after taking on three different jobs in three countries and two codes. He talks about his passion, his heritage and his challenges in this profile by Australian Story.
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Jun 27, 2024 · Leicester Tigers have announced the appointment of ex-Wallabies and Argentina boss Michael Cheika as their head coach, replacing the outgoing Dan McKellar.
Jun 27, 2024 · Michael Cheika named new head coach at Leicester Tigers, replacing Dan McKellar; 57-year-old led Argentina to fourth place at 2023 Rugby World Cup, while he steered Leinster to the Heineken Cup...
Jun 27, 2024 · Newly appointed Head Coach Michael Cheika speaks about why the Leicester Tigers role turned his head, his memories and hopes for Mattioli Woods Welford Road, the importance of supporters, the Gallagher Premiership and plenty more...
