"Michael Cheika" is an Australian rugby union football coach and a former rugby player. He was appointed to coach the Australia national rugby union team/Australian national team in October 2014, and he is also the current coach of the New South Wales Waratahs.

Cheika previously coached Petrarca Padova Rugby/Padova, Randwick DRUFC/Randwick, Leinster Rugby/Leinster and Stade Français before being recruited as the head coach of the Waratahs in 2012. He is the only coach to have won the major rugby club competition in each hemisphere, winning the Heineken Cup with Leinster in 2009 and the Super Rugby competition with the Waratahs in 2014.

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We've still got five games left to play in the pool. We've got to win them all, but we are not giving up.

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We never developed any rhythm and that was because of the opposition.

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Everyone seems in good health, on top of the deck running. It's a good situation to be in. We've got the whole squad up and on the deck training so it's a good feeling to have everyone ready at the right end of the year.

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I wasn't surprised by Brian at all today. I could see it in his eyes last week that he was up for this game. I have the advantage of seeing him every day at training but I knew something special was coming. There is still some improvement to come, as a player and a captain, but he is well on course after his injury.

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It's very important that we get it right (up front).

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In the two matches that we have played this season, Glasgow have challenged us.

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I asked the boys not to concede any more soft points in the second half and they didn't. That was good, and we didn't let it become a side-to-side-fest.

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If he feels okay with that we'll pretty much know if he is going to be in the 22 or not. Obviously if he's fit we want him to play.

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The squad are obviously disappointed (after last weekend) but you can sense a feeling of resolve there also which is encouraging. We've got to make sure that we take something from the game and push on for the rest of the season. We need to front up when we don't perform well.

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