Michael Cheika a truly transformative leader

Previous World Cups, in soccer and in rugby, have demonstrated the dangers of bigging up teams during the pool stages, but Michael Cheika and the Wallabies have certainly earned the praise.

Cheika is the very definition of what those few academics who have delved into leadership in sport like to call the ‘transformative leader’.

He has done it at Leinster, attempted it at Stade Francais, and succeeded brilliantly once again at the New South Wales Watatahs. Now it is the Wallabies’ turn.