Cheika appointment 'exciting' for Tigers - Youngs

Scrum-half Ben Youngs says Michael Cheika's assignment arsenic Leicester Tigers caput coach has generated "excitement" among players aft a play of "frustration".

Former Australia and Argentina leader Cheika, who guided Leinster nan European Champions Cup successful 2009, replaced chap Australian Dan McKellar astatine Mattioli Woods Welford Road earlier successful nan summer.

McKellar's solitary play astatine nan Tigers helm ended pinch nan East Midlands nine finishing eighth successful nan Premiership, having vanished 3rd successful nan array 12 months earlier and won nan title successful 2022.

"Having Michael travel in, he is simply a feline pinch immense pedigree," Youngs told BBC Radio Leicester.

"When he walks successful nan room he instantly has that beingness and that rugby nous, of having been there, done it and seen it all.

"So consecutive distant that's breathtaking for nan squad, fixed really disappointing our standards were past twelvemonth and what we expect arsenic individuals and arsenic a club.

"Having personification for illustration Michael mostly gets nan nine excited."

After McKellar departure, it was reported that he had mislaid nan assurance of elder Tigers player.

When asked if players had spoken astir McKellar to nine chiefs, erstwhile England world Youngs said: "At this nine they person ever wanted to get nan dial of nan players and I deliberation that is really important.

"We don’t make decisions arsenic players but we surely person an informed position successful position of really we spot things and really we person possibly worked pinch different coaches and done different things.

"I deliberation that narration is really important and brilliant.

"It's a complement to nan nine that they consciousness comfortable enough, and reassured enough, that they still make nan large decisions, of people they do and that's beyond america arsenic players, but they still person nan expertise to talk to us, understand, and beryllium down and chat and communicate."

When asked what nan feelings astir past play were, Youngs said location was "frustration" because "what we [were] putting retired wasn’t astatine nan modular and level we expect".

"The wide consciousness was that nan squad wasn't playing astatine nan level it was tin of," he added.