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Oct 14, 20 •
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The Western Force is delighted to announce former All Blacks Richard Kahui and Jeremy Thrush have signed new contracts with the club. With a combined 29 All Blacks caps to their names, Kahui and Thrush bring invaluable experience and skills to the side. A...
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Oct 7, 20 •
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Forwards Fergus Lee-Warner, Kane Koteka and Ollie Callan have committed to the Western Force for a further two years, with the trio signing new contract extensions. All three played their part in our historic return to Super Rugby this year and the club is...
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Sep 29, 20 •
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Ireland’s most decorated player, Rob Kearney, has signed with the Western Force on a one-year deal. The fullback, who scored 82 points in 95 appearances for Ireland, joins from current PRO14 champions Leinster Rugby. Kearney’s illustrious international...
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Sep 21, 20 •
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Super Rugby AU champion Tevita Kuridrani will move west to join the Western Force for the 2021 season. Kuridrani burst onto the international scene just a year after making his Super Rugby debut in 2012, winning his first Wallabies cap in 2013 against the All...
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Sep 15, 20 •
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The Western Force is delighted to announce Head Coach Tim Sampson has extended his stay with the club, signing on for another two years. Queensland-raised Sampson, who joined the Force in 2018, has made WA his home after leading the side to the 2019 National...
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Sep 3, 20 •
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The Western Force has made several changes to their squad to face the Melbourne Rebels in their final 2020 Super Rugby AU match at McDonald Jones Stadium in NSW on Saturday. The changes include several positional switches in the starting XV, as well as the...
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Aug 28, 20 •
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The Western Force put in a strong performance in their 14-31 result against the Super Rugby AU leaders at GIO Stadium in Canberra. The Force were in the game at 14-17 with 20 minutes to play but were unable to contain a Wallaby-laden Brumbies outfit in the...
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Aug 13, 20 •
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Captain Ian Prior will make his return from injury when the Western Force take on the NSW Waratahs at Cbus Super Stadium on Friday. The inclusion of Prior, who missed the past two Super Rugby AU matches through injury, is one of seven changes – five to the...
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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...
