Leicester Tigers have appointed former Australia and Argentina boss Michael Cheika as their head coach.
The 57-year-old succeeds fellow Australian Dan McKellar on the Premiership facet, with the previous ACT Brumbies boss leaving by mutual consent final week.
Cheika, who guided Leinster to European glory with a win in opposition to Leicester within the 2009 Heineken Cup ultimate, left his put up with Argentina after guiding the Pumas to a fourth-placed end eventually yr’s Rugby World Cup.
“Actually, I wasn’t trying on the Premiership and did not have the will to educate in it till Leicester Tigers got here to me,” Cheika instructed the membership web site., exterior
“However, the chance to educate at Tigers and lead this group of gamers turned my head.”
