Michael Cheika (born 4 March 1967) is an Australian professional dual-code rugby coach and former player who has been coaching the Argentina national team since 2022.
Cheika was the coach of the Australia rugby union team from 2014 to 2019. In 2015, he received the World Rugby Coach of the Year award. He is the only coach to have won the major rugby club competition in each hemisphere, winning the Heineken Cup with Leinster in 2009 and Super Rugby with the New South Wales Waratahs in 2014. During his career, Cheika was also head coach at Padova, Randwick and Stade Français.[1]
Cheika is a second-generation Lebanese Australian; his parents immigrated to Australia during the 1950s.[2][3]
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MichaelCheika (born 4 March 1967) is an Australian professional dual-code rugby coach and former player who has been coaching the Argentina national team...
Robinson, Georgina (18 September 2012). "Cheika appointed Waratahs coach". The Sydney Morning Herald. "MichaelCheika confirmed as Waratahs coach". The Australian...
of former Australian national rugby union, and later Lebanon, coach MichaelCheika. After playing for the Balmain Tigers in the S. G. Ball Cup for two...
and MichaelCheika's tenure". ABC News. Australia. November 2014. "Wallabies hang on to beat Barbarians at Twickenham to start MichaelCheika's tenure...
depiction of MichaelCheika as a clown in The New Zealand Herald. Emmerson's illustration provoked a strong defensive reaction from Cheika. "News Corp...
Skelton was signed to the Waratahs' Extended Player Squad by coach MichaelCheika. He made his Super Rugby debut against the Stormers, and was selected...
crowd was an attendance high for Australia for 20 years. On 23 June, MichaelCheika named a 48-man squad ahead of the 2023 Rugby Championship and in preparation...
Updated: 17 September 2023 On 7 August 2023, Argentina head coach MichaelCheika named a final 33-man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. On 22 August...
"Wallabies beat Barbarians 40-36 to kick off European Rugby Tour and MichaelCheika's tenure". ABC News. "Wallabies win "significant fight" for Rennie's...
again in 2007, and Italy in 2011. The current head coach is Australian MichaelCheika, who was appointed in October 2020. A team consisting of Lebanese Australians...
time Argentina has won two games in a row in the Rugby Championship. MichaelCheika became the second coach to beat New Zealand with two teams (Australia...
began their campaign with a 28–13 win over Fiji in Cardiff. Head Coach MichaelCheika, who had only been in charge of the team since 22 October 2014, had...
to two more being scored by England, sealed the result that prompted MichaelCheika to resign as Australian coach. The following match saw New Zealand book...
smaller". Irish Independent. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 4 February 2022. "MichaelCheika leaves Leinster for Stade Français". The Guardian. 19 March 2010. Retrieved...
November 2019, Rugby Australia announced that Rennie would replace MichaelCheika as head coach of the Wallabies. On 12th November 2022, Under pressure...
a match of high stakes for both sides. Tries from Lappies Labuschagné, Michael Leitch and Kazuki Himeno secured Japan a 28–22 victory over the Samoans...
Africa. On 29 July 2016, MichaelCheika named a 36-man training squad for the 2016 Rugby Championship. On 5 August, Cheika named the final 33-man squad...
ESPN. Retrieved 21 October 2015. Dutton, Chris (27 November 2014). "MichaelCheika flags plans to lure Will Skelton's super-sized brother Cameron back...
Australia has remained the same in consecutive weeks, a career first for MichaelCheika. Current as of 30 September 2017. Note: Ages, caps and clubs/franchises...
Former Balmain Tigers NRL Player & Lebanon Rugby League Head Coach MichaelCheika, Head coach of the Wallabies and the New South Wales Waratahs Billy...
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Ivan Cleary – who is he really? Sunday Star-Times, 21 September 2008 "Michael Brown: Warriors must retain grand final team". The New Zealand Herald....
Australia national rugby team. It was also the first season for new coach MichaelCheika (whom later coached Folau as Australia coach). Melbourne Rebels Coach...
season having been omitted from the Wallabies World Cup squad by coach MichaelCheika, while Genia joined following Australia's exit in the quarter-final...
Sports. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2021. "Under siege coach MichaelCheika says Wallabies will bounce back despite losing Bledisloe Cup for 16th...
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