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  •   Home > News > Sports > Rugby League

    Fresh from helping Argentina dismantle the All Blacks, Michael Cheika has switched codes to take charge of Lebanon's rugby league side ahead of next year's World Cup in England

    Fresh from helping Argentina dismantle the All Blacks, Michael Cheika has switched codes to take charge of Lebanon's rugby league side ahead of next year's World Cup in England

    - article from www.rugbyleague.co.nz

    Cheika coached the Wallabies for five years until last year's quarter-final exit from the World Cup.

    His parents were both migrants from Lebanon who came to Australia in the 1950s.

    The 53-year-old says taking up the offer was a way to return to his roots.

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