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By Ollie Phillips I remember when I was a player at Stade Francais in Paris, Michael Cheika wanting to get involved with training at an authentic level. He got absolutely smashed by former French lock Pascal Papé and Italian legend Sergio Parisse, leaving the Aussie at the bottom of a ruck. “F**k yeah, f**k yeah,” the former Wallabies coach would exclaim afterwards with glee. It was a mark of the kind of involvement Cheika wanted with his players. And it demonstrates exactly why he could thrive at a club like Leicester Tigers. Cheika mateIt is not often you see a team go down to Sandy Park in …

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