{"id":406061,"date":"2026-02-03T18:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406061\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:42:09","slug":"michael-cheika-on-the-radar-over-potential-prem-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406061\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Cheika on the radar over potential PREM return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Harlequins, who are looking to re-shuffle their coaching staff this summer following a poor season, are rumoured to have made a cheeky enquiry to former Wallabies and Argentina<\/a> boss Michael Cheika.<\/p>\n

Quins, who have lost seven of their nine league games this season, have been linked with several big names from around the world after starting their search late last year.<\/p>\n

Former Scotland<\/a> coach Vern Cotter is believed to have thrown his hat in the ring before landing the Queensland Reds<\/a> job for the 2027-2028 season, when he will replace Les Kiss, who is taking over the Wallabies.<\/p>\n

The CV of Kobe Steelers head coach Dave Rennie, who is approaching the end of his contract in Japan, has been floating around, but he is a strong contender for the vacant All Blacks<\/a> job.<\/p>\n

Scott Robertson, who became only the second coach, after Wayne Smith, to leave the All Blacks job between World Cup tournaments, has also been touted as a possible contender.<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

Gallagher Premiership<\/p>\n

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Gloucester <\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, whispers about Mark Mapletoft, who spent a decade coaching at the Twickenham Stoop before leaving for the RFU in 2020, were gathering momentum last week.<\/p>\n

Sources have now suggested that Nick Easter<\/a> has been doing a brilliant job with Chinnor in the Championship has been interviewed as Quins bosses step up their bid to get someone in place.<\/p>\n

Cheika returned to Australia<\/a> last summer after spending a season with Leicester<\/a> Tigers, leading them to the Gallagher PREM Final, where they were beaten by Bath, who won the league, cup and European treble.<\/p>\n

In October, NRL outfit Sydney Roosters announced that Cheika, one of the sport\u2019s most respected figures who had a consultancy role at the club six years ago, would be joining their coaching staff for the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n

While he is also set to take charge of Lebanon in the 2026 Rugby League World Cup in Australia and PNG, this would be another potential obstacle to overcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harlequins, who are looking to re-shuffle their coaching staff this summer following a poor season, are rumoured to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-406061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}