As Michael Cheika enters the final few weeks of his time at Leicester Tigers, he has revealed the job he simply cannot take upon his return to Australia.<\/b><\/p>\n
The former Wallabies boss has been an instant success in the Premiership, with the Tigers now gearing up for a semi-final against Sale Sharks on Saturday after finishing eighth last season.<\/p>\n
Cheika<\/a>\u2018s success at Leicester<\/a> has put him back in the frame for top jobs around the world, but surprisingly not back in his homeland, with the polarising Aussie admitting that he is unlikely to land another head coaching role at an Australian<\/a> Super Rugby Pacific club.<\/p>\n Wallabies\u2019 interest was \u2018never serious\u2019<\/p>\n When Joe Schmidt confirmed that he would be leaving his role as head coach of the Wallabies, rumours swirled that Cheika was back in the frame to reprise the role particularly after he had a meeting with Rugby Australia CEO Phil Waugh.<\/p>\n Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>, the 58-year-old said that he believes that the meeting about the Wallabies job was \u201cnever a serious thing\u201d, and probably done out of respect for the third party who lined it up.<\/p>\n \u201cIt got put in a very public place, and it got out pretty publicly. As soon as that happened, I thought, oh, ok, this isn\u2019t too fair dinkum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Reds head coach Les Kiss has since been unveiled as Schmidt\u2019s successor, a decision that Cheika is \u201csuper pumped\u201d for with him and Kiss being good friends.<\/p>\n With Kiss departing his role at Queensland at the end of the 2026 season, there is a possibility that the club could turn to Cheika, but he emphatically states that he is not interested.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t coach Queensland\u201d<\/p>\n This is because of his previous role as Waratahs head coach, with whom he won the 2014 Super Rugby season.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t coach Queensland,\u201d Cheika stated.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, seriously, I couldn\u2019t. It would be like me going to coach Munster against Leinster.<\/p>\n \u201cI understand it\u2019s a professional game and all that business. I get it. And I respect the guys at Queensland, I like (QRU chief executive) Dave Hanham a lot. He\u2019s a top fellow and they\u2019re good guys, and a good team. A great team, right?<\/p>\n \u201cBut there are just some rivalries \u2026 like, why would you disrespect the people from Waratahs that were on that journey back then (in 2013-2015)?<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s right. I just don\u2019t think it would be the right thing to do.<\/p>\n \u201cBut that\u2019s me. I\u2019m like that.\u201d<\/p>\n