Michael Cheika Signs Australia Contract Extension
Written 1 year ago by Will O'Callaghan
Australia head coach Michael Cheika has signed a two-year contract extension.
It’ll keep the former Leinster coach in charge of the Wallabies until the end of the 2019 World Cup in Japan.
Cheika led his native country to the Rugby Championship title last summer as well as the 2015 World Cup Final – where they lost out to New Zealand.
The current World Rugby coach of the year is determined to pleased to stay in charge for another two three years.
“I’m very happy, it’s nice to know that we’re going to have another chance to work together towards the World Cup and also put some foundations in place that are going to last well beyond this tenure till 2019 for the next coach and the coach after that, so we can start growing things properly.
“We want to lay the foundations nationally and across state teams so that we can be a successful as possible.”
ARU chief Bill Pulver says Cheika has put Australian rugby back on the map.
“Michael’s appointment goes obviously a long way towards reinforcing the pride that we have in the Wallaby jersey and the terrific year that he gave us with the team in 2015.
“He really restored the pride that we have in our national team and Michael’s unique contribution to that was reflected with World Rugby announcing him as their international coach of the year as he took the Wallabies from 6th in the world to 2nd in the world.”
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