Lebanon players 的d by thieves at Rugby League World Cup as Michael Cheika's team continue to turn 長，率いるs over 素晴らしい form

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Cruel thieves who 的d the Lebanon rugby league team's hotel might have got away with laptops and other personal 所持品, but nothing can take away what the Cedars are 達成するing on the world 行う／開催する／段階.

以前 regarded as a rugby league minnow, the Cedars are quickly 伸び（る）ing 信用性 in international rugby league - 特に at the World Cup 現在／一般に 存在 played in England.

Michael Cheika runs Lebanon through their paces ahead of their match against Ireland. Cheika is 現在／一般に juggling coaching Lebanon and the Argentina rugby union 味方する

Cheika celebrates with players に引き続いて the Rugby 選手権 match between Australia and South Africa at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Saturday, September 8, 2018

Under the 指導／手引 for former Wallabies and 現在の Argentina rugby union coach Michael Cheika, Lebanon only has to get past World Cup debutants Jamaica to 調書をとる／予約する a ４半期/4分の1 final 対決 with Australia.

The Cedars almost had to get new jerseys made for that 衝突／不一致 against the Reggae 軍人s because they were stolen by the thieves 同様に.?

Fortunately, the jerseys were 設立する 溝へはまらせる／不時着するd nearby at a 地元の building 場所／位置 because they held little value to the crooks.

Mitchell Moses of Lebanon looks to pass during Rugby League World Cup 2021 Pool C match between Lebanon and Ireland at Leigh Sports Village

Those jerseys 持つ／拘留する plenty of value to the Cedars though, a combination of 地元の players, English 最高の League players and NRL 星／主役にするs 含むing Parramatta captain Mitch Moses.

Lebanon's rise began at the 2021 World Cup where they 成し遂げるd admirably in a pool of death that 含むd Australia, England and フラン.?

The Cedars were beaten, but not 不名誉d by the Kangaroos and the Lions before （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing フラン to finish third in their pool.

That gave the nation plenty of belief and 勢い, which Cheika has taken to the next level to steer Lebanon through to the ４半期/4分の1 決勝戦.

After 主要な Lebanon against Australia in the rugby league 準々決勝, Cheika will coach the Argentinian rugby union team against England いっそう少なく than 48 hours later.

Bulldogs young gun Jacob Kiraz of Lebanon 持つ／拘留するs off Joe 重要なs of Ireland during the Rugby League World Cup 2021 Pool C match

Though Cheika's laptop is not known to have been stolen, World Cup 公式の／役人s have been 知らせるd and are working with Lebanon and the police to identify what was taken.

In an 成果／努力 to identify those responsible, 当局 are also scouring CCTV （映画の）フィート数.

にもかかわらず the 演劇, Cheika is 井戸／弁護士席 用意が出来ている to lead the Cedars into 戦う／戦い against Australia and he has the 十分な support of Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga who also supports a cross-code switch to the NRL for Cheika.

Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga is looking 今後 to their likely ４半期/4分の1 final against Lebanon and 支援するs Cheika to make it as an NRL coach

'I have only met him a couple of times,' Meninga told News Corp.

'明白に he is astute and he has some 広大な／多数の／重要な staff there. He has some 広大な／多数の／重要な players in his footy team, smart players 同様に. So they will come with a really 限定された 計画（する） about how they are going to upset us.

'I think there has been a lot of really good examples of leaguies going to union. You look at Les Kiss is a good example.??

'They all started off with 明確な／細部 役割s at clubs, 特に defensively, and they became 長，率いる coaches.

'There is no 推論する／理由 why [it can'r work] 特に in Australia, where we all grow up with league and union, so we have a really good understanding of both codes,' said Meninga.