Three outta five ain’t bad: Let’s grant Cheika a few spring tour losses
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auIt’s hard to fully comprehend the magnitude of what has occurred in Australian Rugby in the last few weeks, but I’m glad to see that the Wallabies once more have a coach. Recent form doesn’t...
Cheika will ensure Wallabies are a football team, not a business
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auMichael Cheika will not make the same fundamental mistake Ewen McKenzie made when he rated the Wallabies a business. Rugby is a business to the Australian Rugby Union, it’s their lifeblood, and that’s...
Michael Cheika announced as the new coach of the Wallabies video
1 decade ago by The GuardianMichael Cheika is confirmed as the new coach of Australia on Wednesday and is immediately charged with leading the Wallabies to a third World Cup triumph in England next year. Four days after his predecessor...
Pulver: Australian rugby “not a complete mess”
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auAdmitting the buck stops with him, ARU chief Bill Pulver strongly denies Australian rugby is “a complete mess”. Pulver is hoping Michael Cheika’s appointment as the new Wallabies coach...
Cheika: I’ll do things my way
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auMichael Cheika will embrace the Wallabies coaching challenge in the same cavalier fashion that led the NSW Waratahs to long-awaited Super Rugby glory in 2014. After a whirlwind pursuit by the ARU, Cheika...
Beale to know future on Friday
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auKurtley Beale’s future in Australian rugby remains up in the air with the troubled playmaker officially overlooked for the Wallabies’ spring tour squad on Wednesday. Beale faces a code-of-conduct...
Michael Cheika named new Australia coach after Ewen McKenzie resigns
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsMichael Cheika will be in charge for Wallabies' European tour, which includes Test matches against Wales, France, Ireland and England
Strong Barbarians side named to play Wallabies at Twickenham
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auUnwanted All Blacks Colin Slade, Steven Luatua, Dominic Bird and Matt Todd have been included in the Barbarians team to face Australia at Twickenham next week. Coach Sir John Kirwan lifted the number of...
Hooper favourite for second John Eales Medal
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auWallabies skipper Michael Hooper is well poised to become the first back-to-back winner of the John Eales Medal on Thursday night. Hooper is the favourite for the peer-voted award as Australia’s...
Wallabies coach Cheika fluent in success
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auHe built a successful clothing company, has dabbled in restaurants, speaks four languages and once dazzled Collette Dinnigan in French to secure a job – utterly unqualified – with the Australian...
