Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is crossing codes to take charge of Lebanon’s rugby league team ahead of next year’s Rugby League World Cup.
Cheika, whose five-year tenure as Wallabies coach ended after last year’s Rugby League World Cup, is the son of Lebanese immigrants.
He told the Daily Telegraph that this an unbelievable opportunity for him to do something that represents the land where his parents came from. Lebanon reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup in 2017 where they almost upset Mate Ma’a Tonga in Christchurch.
Cheika is currently a consultant for Argentina, with the Pumas notching their first victory over the All Blacks last weekend.
He has also been a part of the coaching staff at the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.
