{"id":181710,"date":"2025-10-01T04:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/181710\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T04:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:39:10","slug":"ex-wallabies-coach-michael-cheika-accepts-full-time-role-with-roosters-nrl-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/181710\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Wallabies coach Michael Cheika accepts full-time role with Roosters NRL team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Michael Cheika has taken another step towards an NRL head coaching role by taking on a full-time assistant position with the Sydney Roosters men&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Cheika boasts an extensive resume in rugby union, having coached the Wallabies between 2014 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He was named World Rugby&#8217;s coach of the year after leading the Wallabies to the 2015 World Cup final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Cheika was also the national coach of Argentina and held numerous club roles, including steering the NSW Waratahs to the Super Rugby title in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He coached Leicester to the English Premiership final in June, with the Tigers going down 23-21 to Bath.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-10-10\/former-wallabies-coach-michael-cheika-is-swapping-codes-\/101500056\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How Cheika&#8217;s in a different league<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Michael Cheika has never been in greater international demand. So why is he taking a lowly ranked team to the Rugby League World Cup?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">But Cheika&#8217;s coaching experience in the 13-a-side game has been limited to Lebanon&#8217;s 2022 World Cup campaign and a consultancy role with the Roosters in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He was linked to the Newcastle Knights coaching vacancy, but with Roosters assistant Justin Holbrook getting that position, a role opened up with the Sydney team&#8217;s men&#8217;s program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Cheika will work with the forwards and support coaches throughout the club&#8217;s pathway system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Head coach Trent Robinson, a long-time friend, said Cheika would offer the club a different perspective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Michael and I have had a strong relationship for many years, and I&#8217;ve always admired the way he leads and challenges athletes,&#8221; Robinson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;His experience in rugby brings a different perspective that will inspire and test our players and coaches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Cheika will begin his new role next month when the Roosters kick off their preseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">AAP\/ABC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Cheika has taken another step towards an NRL head coaching role by taking on a full-time assistant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[10968,64,63,3181,55319,55831,158,20248,760,85,1080,4737,2500],"class_list":{"0":"post-181710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-10968","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-coach","12":"tag-lebanon","13":"tag-michael-cheika","14":"tag-nrl","15":"tag-premiership","16":"tag-rugby","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-sydney-roosters","19":"tag-trent-robinson","20":"tag-wallabies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}