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Rugby-Cheika to remain as Wallabies coach until 2019

SYDNEY, May 19 (Reuters) - Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has signed a contract extension through until the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, the Australian Rugby Union said on Thursday. Cheika's original contract was to expire at the end of 2017. He took over as Wallabies coach at the end of 2014. (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington; Editing by Ian Ransom)