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Rugby League World Cup: The rugby tactics and rare belief of Michael Cheika’s Lebanon

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Rugby League World Cup: The rugby tactics and rare belief of Michael Cheika’s Lebanon

Michael Cheika's team is playing rugby league at the World Cup. Cheikas' assistant coach Matt King is calm and collected. Josh Mansour and Doueihi are confident their team can take down Australia. Lebanon play Australia in the quarter-final on Saturday morning at 6.30 am AEDT. The team has a lot of potential. They have already beaten Jamaica. Michael Cheiki's players apprehended an intruder in Manchester. He was also burglarised. His laptop and electronic equipment were stolen from the team hotel.

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