{"id":623584,"date":"2026-04-22T13:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623584\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:19:10","slug":"michael-cheika-linked-to-dragons-dean-young-who-will-coach-contenders-roosters-rugby-league-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623584\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Cheika linked to Dragons, Dean Young, who will coach, contenders, Roosters, rugby league news"},"content":{"rendered":"

An interesting name has been raised as a potential option to lead the Dragons from next season, and he boasts quite the CV.<\/p>\n

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Former Wallabies coach now Roosters assistant Michael Cheika has reportedly shown interest in the vacant gig according to Code Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n

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While interim coach Dean Young appears to be the favourite and will have 17 games this season to put together his case, Cheika looms as an intriguing option.<\/p>\n

Cheika led the Wallabies to a World Cup final in 2015 during his six-year stint as the national coach. He also coached Argentina in 2022 and 2023. <\/p>\n

According to Fox League\u2019s Matty Johns, the Dragons should look at taking a chance on Cheika.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Cheika would be great for the Dragons, I believe he has the ability to unite the club,\u201d Johns said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to be able to handle the heat these days and \u2018Chek\u2019 is experienced enough to do that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt might be time to shift a bit left of centre and show some faith in Michael Cheika.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cheika isn\u2019t a newbie in rugby league. He coached Lebanon during the 2021 Rugby League World Cup and has been working as an assistant coach at the Roosters since 2025. <\/p>\n

He reportedly told Code Sports that he\u2019s interested in one day landing an NRL head coach position without specifically naming the Dragons. <\/p>\n

Like Johns, premiership winning half Luke Keary believes an NRL club could do worse than consider Cheika.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got a bit of Craig Fitzgibbon about him. He\u2019s a man\u2019s man,\u201d Keary told Code Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got the aura of a well-travelled man who\u2019s coached in different parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An interesting name has been raised as a potential option to lead the Dragons from next season, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[2095,12910,1724,24164,64,63,254747,24840,1208,2057,763,2105,302093,302092,6086,55319,39694,2022,56527,55831,761,762,3583,158,159,13384,11298,85,302091,3586,12000],"class_list":{"0":"post-623584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-argentina","10":"tag-asia","11":"tag-assistant-coach","12":"tag-au","13":"tag-australia","14":"tag-crew-look","15":"tag-david-rogers","16":"tag-england","17":"tag-europe","18":"tag-fox-league","19":"tag-getty-images-inc","20":"tag-head-coach-position","21":"tag-interesting-name","22":"tag-interim-coach","23":"tag-lebanon","24":"tag-leicester-tigers","25":"tag-london","26":"tag-luke-keary","27":"tag-michael-cheika","28":"tag-national-rugby-league","29":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","30":"tag-northern-europe","31":"tag-nrl","32":"tag-rugby-league","33":"tag-rugby-league-world","34":"tag-south-america","35":"tag-sports","36":"tag-ugly-recruitment-truth","37":"tag-united-kingdom","38":"tag-western-asia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623584","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=623584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}