Michael Cheika hopes to chat with rival Michael Foley about Wallabies coaching job ahead of Super Rugby clash

MICHAEL Cheika hopes to demonstrate his coaching demarcation this week by discussing a Wallabies job with Michael Foley 48 hours before they go head-to-head.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 10: Waratahs coach Michael Cheika calls out instructions during a Waratahs Super Rugby training session at Moore Park on February 10, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

MICHAEL Cheika hopes to demonstrate his coaching demarcation this week by discussing a Wallabies job with Michael Foley 48 hours before doing battle with the Western Force coach in Super Rugby.

Cheika and Foley will go head-to-head on Sunday when NSW meet the WA men in their Super Rugby opener at Allianz Stadium.

But with Foley arriving in Sydney on Friday, Cheika says he hopes to first slip his Wallabies cap on and meet the man he succeeded at NSW about coaching the Australian forwards at the World Cup later this year.

“We haven’t talked about that in as much detail as we probably will, maybe even later this week, if he gets into town earlier on. We will have a chat about it,” Cheika said.

Michael Cheika runs his eye over Waratahs training at Moore Park.

“That’s probably a really good example of being able to divide the two totally in half. That we are able to have that discussion while at the same time focusing one hundred per cent on the team.”

Foley, who re-signed with the Force this week, is considered the best forwards coach in Australia and once held the job with the Wallabies.

Michael Foley has re-signed with Western Force.

Attempting an unprecedented Waratahs-Wallabies juggling act, Cheika said he was pleased with how he was handling the task so far, and had taken in the Six Nations games over the weekend.

“But I don’t think the (NSW) lads have seen any drop in intensity at all or focus or enjoyment about what we’re doing here,” he said.

Cheika conceded his five weeks with the Wallabies on the Spring Tour would have left Aussie rivals with a clear “insight” of how the Waratahs go about their business, but he doesn’t particularly mind.

“But that’s the way it is. It is about us doing that well,” he said.

“Maybe having the odd variation here and there. But we have gone into games knowing other team’s lineout calls, because you hear them on the microphone, and you still can’t get one. It is about how good you do the job.”

Originally published as Michael Cheika hopes to chat with rival Michael Foley about Wallabies coaching job ahead of Super Rugby clash