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Jul 30, 20 •
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The Western Force will welcome back regular skipper Ian Prior and employ an exciting new centre combination when they face the Melbourne Rebels in its Super Rugby AU clash at Leichhardt Oval in NSW on Friday. In making a total of eight changes and a...
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Jul 23, 20 •
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Lock Jeremy Thrush will lead the Force when the team faces the ACT Brumbies in the Super Rugby AU round 4 clash at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney’s inner west this Saturday. The veteran second-rower’s promotion to captain comes as the Force make four changes...
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Jul 17, 20 •
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Goal kicking proved a critical factor as the Force went down 24-31 against the Queensland Reds in a pulsating Super Rugby AU clash at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The teams scored four tries each in undoubtedly the best match of the tournament so far, but the...
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Jul 16, 20 •
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Western Force coach Tim Sampson has named an unchanged starting XV and made one change amongst the reserves for Friday’s Vodafone Super Rugby AU clash with the Reds at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Lock – Ollie Atkins, who returned to Perth in June,...
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Jul 14, 20 •
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The Western Force is delighted to announce the signing of 2011 World Cup-winning All Black Richard Kahui to our Super Rugby AU squad. Kahui, who plays predominantly as an outside-centre, joins the club following a seven-year stay with Japanese Top League...
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Jul 2, 20 •
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The Western Force has today announced the addition of a further two Wallabies, Pekahou Cowan and Nick Frisby, to the squad ahead of their first Super Rugby AU clash on Saturday, July 11. Cowan first joined the Western Force in 2006 as an 18-year-old before...
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Jun 15, 20 •
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The Western Force has added former players Jono Lance and Ollie Atkins to its Vodafone Super Rugby AU 2020 squad. A two-time Super Rugby champion, Lance joined for the Force in 2016 and departed after the team was cut from Super Rugby the next year. The...
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Jun 12, 20 •
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Rugby Australia has today unveiled the full season draw for Vodafone Super Rugby AU. Kicking off on July 3, the competition will run over 12 consecutive weekends and will culminate in a two-week finals series beginning on September 12. The Final will be...
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May 27, 20 •
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The Western Force has agreed to an offer from Rugby Australia to play in a proposed one-off, domestic-based competition this year. Accepting the invitation, Force owner Dr Andrew Forrest AO reiterated his desire to see rugby return to a position of sporting...
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Feb 26, 20 •
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The unveiling of imaginative new home and away jerseys was the feature of today’s official launch of the Western Force’s Global Rapid Rugby Season One campaign. Branded iron formations of the Pilbara – truly unique to WA – provided the inspiration...
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Sep 7, 19 •
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The Western Force delivered an emphatic performance in Suva today to comprehensively defeat reigning National Rugby Championship title holders Fijian Drua by 23 points. It maintains the perfect start by the Force to the 2019 NRC season, defeating both sides...
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Mar 28, 19 •
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Where: HBF Park, Perth, Western AustraliaDate: Friday, 29 March 2019Kick-off: 19:40 local Western Force Starting XV: 1. Harrison LLOYD, 2. Andrew READY, 3. Kieran LONGBOTTOM, 4. Leon POWER, 5. Jeremy THRUSH, 6. Henry STOWERS, 7. Chris ALCOCK, 8. Brynard...
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Mar 21, 19 •
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Where: HBF Park, Perth, Western AustraliaDate: Friday, 22 March 2019Kick-off: 19:40 local Western Force Starting XV: 1. Cameron ORR, 2. Feleti KAITU’U, 3. Keiran LONGBOTTOM, 4. Johan BARDOUL, 5. Jeremy THRUSH, 6. Henry STOWERS, 7. Chris ALCOCK, 8....
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Jan 30, 19 •
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Former Springbok and Western Force flyhalf Peter Grant has announced his retirement from Rugby. The 34-year-old made the decision to retire after receiving specialist advice from doctors in regard to past head injuries. The decision has been an emotional one,...
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Feb 23, 18 •
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The coach with the most successful win-loss record in last year’s National Rugby Championship, Tim Sampson, will lead the return of the Western Force. Sampson will move to Perth by April to start a two-year contract as the Head Coach...
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Feb 15, 18 •
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Kieran Longbottom, one of the Western Force’s star players, will be back in a bright blue jersey after re-signing with his home club for the next two years. After four seasons playing for Saracens and Sale Sharks in the UK, the prop will return to Perth...
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Aug 11, 17 •
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The ARU has informed RugbyWA today that it intends to remove the Western Force from the Super Rugby Competition in 2018. RugbyWA remains committed to pursuing every possible means to ensure the Western Force remains a Super Rugby team in Perth. RugbyWA is...
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Apr 28, 17 •
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75th for Whiteley Warren Whiteley will play in his 75th Super Lions match when the Emirates Lions take on the Western Force in Perth on Saturday. Lionel Mapoe and Courtnall Skosan are now co-holders of the record of tries in Lions Super Rugby with their 21...
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Feb 1, 17 •
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The Road Safety Western Force has today announced the squad to compete in the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens at Suncorp Stadium on 11 and 12 February. Headlining the Force squad for the tournament is Wallaby duo Tatafu Polota-Nau and Luke Morahan, while Brisbane...
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Jan 31, 17 •
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The Western Force today announced the signing of the Road Safety Commission as naming rights partner for the 2017 Super Rugby season. The $1.5 million partnership deal offers an opportunity for road safety messages and issues to reach the Western Australian...
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Jan 19, 17 •
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The Western Force have added to their backline depth with the signing of NSW Country Eagles outside back Alex Newsome to the club’s wider training squad. The 21-year-old originally joined the Western Force on trial at the start of pre-season following an...
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Dec 19, 16 •
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The Western Force is set to play two pre-season trial matches against the Perth Spirit (Saturday, 28 January) at Barnard Park in Busselton, WA and the Melbourne Rebels (Monday, 6 February) at Bond University on the Gold Coast, Queensland in the lead-up to the...
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Dec 14, 16 •
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The Western Force proudly announced today that the club will continue its partnership with leading engineering and project services contractor, Clough, with the company signing on as a Major Partner through to 2019. Established in 1919, Clough provides...
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Dec 12, 16 •
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The Western Force today announced that club stalwarts Ben McCalman and Heath Tessmann will be the new captains of the club in 2017. In addition, club legend and former captain Matt Hodgson will play an important mentoring role – allowing the club to lean on...
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Nov 17, 16 •
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The Western Force have confirmed their 36-man squad for the 2017 Super Rugby season, which includes 14 new signings. Among the new faces are 68-time capped Wallaby Tatafu Polota-Nau, former Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs rugby league star Curtis Rona, 80-time...
