Rugby - Australia to seek 'quality' over nationality in Cheika successor


  • Rugby
  • Thursday, 18 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby Championship - Australia vs South Africa - Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa - September 29, 2018 - Australia's head coach Michael Cheika. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rugby Australia want a "quality" coach over a home-grown one in picking Michael Cheika's successor, director of rugby Scott Johnson has said.

Cheika's long-term future remains up in the air but the Wallabies coach has long declared he will quit the role if his team fails to win the World Cup in Japan.

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