History Will Be Kind to Cheika ; Leinster Got More Than They Bargained for in the Unknown 'Michael Who' [Eire Region]
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TIME FLIES. Hand a five-year-old newspaper cutting to Mick Dawson and he's intrigued. He roots around in his blazer breast pocket, finds his reading glasses and scans through the article. The Leinster chief then grins. His bold hunch regarding Michael Cheika - described as an 'acceptable risk' and a 'calculated gamble' at the time - had proven to be successfully on the money.
In 2005, the province's head coaching position had been tossed around like confetti over a two-year period, responsibility passing from Matt Williams to Gary Ella, to Declan Kidney and then to an unknown Australian by the name of Cheika.See the full content of this document
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History Will Be Kind to Cheika ; Leinster Got More Than They Bargained for in the Unknown 'Michael Who' [Eire Region]
He was effectively "Michael Who?", so limited was his coaching CV (a season at Padova in Italy and a couple more at Sydney club outfit Randwick). Dawson knew it, remarking in the piece how he himself could be out on his ear if Cheika didn't last the pace following another summer of managerial upheaval compounded by politics and player unrest.
'If Michael doesn't work out I'd...See the full content of this document
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