Michael Cheika is thousands of miles away from his family at the moment, so he intends to spend Christmas Day helping out in a Leicester soup kitchen, before resolving a dilemma about his future.
The Australian has transformed the Tigers, having been hired in a hurry after the East Midlands club dispensed with the services of his compatriot, Dan McKellar, at the end of last season.
Leicester had finished eighth in the Premiership and a quality squad was underachieving, but Cheika’s galvanising impact has seen them win five of their first seven games in this league campaign, to sit third in the table going into Saturday’s home showdown with second-placed Bristol.
As it stands, the former Australia and Argentina head coach is due to depart at the end of this season, but that situation may be revised. With his wife and four children back at home in Sydney, Cheika has personal factors to weigh up in a hurry, before his club’s New…
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