Los Pumas coach Michael Cheika a 'shock candidate' for NRL gig
Former Wallabies head coach and current Los Pumas head coach Michael Cheika has reportedly been thrown into the mix for an NRL switch.
Currently preparing Argentina for the Rugby World Cup, Cheika has been labelled a ‘shock candidate’ for the coaching role at St George Illawarra Dragons.
Cheika has ties to the other code having coached Lebanon at last year’s Rugby League World Cup and spent part of 2020 with the Sydney Roosters as an assistant.
The Dragons are reportedly looking for replacement candidates for next season with current coach Anthony Griffin out of favour.
“A third party, someone very close to Michael Cheika, rang Ryan Webb, the St George chief executive, during the week and said he just wanted to put his name in the mix,” News Corp reporter Phil Rothfield told Sky Sports Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast.
“Cheika is still overseas, so he hasn’t had the chance to do an interview. At the moment, he’s coaching Argentina through the Rugby World Cup, which starts in September and finishes in October, so he could get back here if he got the job and oversee pre-season.
“I think it’s highly unlikely to happen. I think Ben Hornby is ahead of him, as is Jason Ryles.
“But it’s interesting that he’s got this passion, Michael Cheika, to one day coach an NRL side.”
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No chance of Borthwick selecting any young talent. He announced his selection policy from the outset with naming a poor OF as Captain, retaining an equally poor Youngs and Vunipola brothers when there were many better EQP in the Premiership. SB revival of Leicester was based on SA muscle and a terrific Welsh flanker he has generally ignored young English talent.
Go to commentshe’s really starting to look ready for international rugby. Ford-Dingwall-Lawrence would be pretty exciting imo
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