The 35-year-old, who has won five Premiership titles, is playing professional rugby for his hometown club for the 19th season.
Youngs, who was England’s most-capped men’s player when he retired from international rugby last season, has so far been used from the bench by former Australia and Argentina head coach Cheika, who took over in the summer after Dan McKellar left the Tigers after just one season.
“I think that was really important,” Youngs told news East Midlands Today, adding, “He captivated me straight away.”
“When someone enters the room, you want them to say, ‘Boys, I know how to win, you know what.
Since I don’t have much time [left in the game], I’ll support it because I want to be a part of it and have a piece of it.
Perhaps someone would have entered and said, “This is a four-year project.” We have excellent young players; if you look at the number of players named in the England squad, you can see that Leicester will be vying for their services for at least ten years, but I don’t have ten years.
