Wallabies hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa will make his Western Force debut against the Brumbies at GIO Stadium on Saturday as one of four changes to his side’s 23-man match-day squad.
Ben Smith
Western Force have received a boost in the form of sought-after former All Blacks full-back Leon MacDonald, who is set to join the club in an off-field role.
Western Force fly-half and match-winner Ben Donaldson has revealed he was close to being substituted out of the game before his remarkable match-winning solo try against Moana Pasifika.
Ben Donaldson’s gritty, superb solo try to haul the Western Force off the canvas personified the coach and captain’s vision of what they want the team to be.
They trailed by 13 points with nine minutes to play, but an incredible 84th minute Ben Donaldson try has delivered the Western Force a stunning 45-44 win Moana Pasifika in their Super Rugby Pacific opener.
The Western Force will open their Super Rugby Pacific campaign against Moana Pasifika on Saturday night as we give you the rundown on every player who will be in their round one squad.
The outside noise, no matter what sport you play, is always going to be there in a high-performance environment - for Western Force coach Simon Cron, meeting your own personal expectations is the key.
One of rugby’s biggest celebrities, star All Black Ardie Savea, is hitting Perth to launch Western Force’s Super Rugby campaign on Saturday night.
Jackson Barrett
In the rugby world, we’ve kind of been written off externally but internally we have high expectations of each other, says The West Australian’s newest columnist, Western Force star Nic White
Nic White
Western Force loose forward Carlo Tizzano says he has not lost any fitness despite having gained 7kg since the end of the last Super Rugby Pacific season at the behest of Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt.
Nine players will make their Western Force debuts in their Super Rugby Pacific season opener — but it is not all good news, as the club’s wretched luck with front-row fitness has returned.
With Western Force kicking off their Super Rugby Pacific season this Saturday, Ben Smith looks ahead at Simon Cron’s likely best starting 15 for the campaign ahead.
Newly-capped Wallaby Harry Potter is poised to slot in on a wing for Western Force when they launch their season on Saturday night, but has declared he is willing to play a number of roles.
Caitlin Bassett
Wallabies winger Dylan Pietsch is a passionate man who cares deeply about his rugby — which is why he fought so hard to move when Western Force came calling.
Western Force flanker Kane Koteka was living out his boyhood dreams - and then, one swift dial tone changed everything. Now, with a ban in the rear-view mirror, the former Nathan Sharpe Meadllist is back home.
Western Force captain Jeremy Williams will extend his tenure with the club into a fourth and fifth year, signing a new two-year deal to remain with the club until the end of the 2027 season.
Seven new signings will start in Western Force’s first — and last — pre-season hit-out against Super Rugby Pacific opposition, while young gun Reesjan Pasitoa has also been handed a starting berth.
Western Force recruit Darcy Swain admits it will be a surreal feeling when he faces his former Brumbies teammates for the first time for his new team’s final hit-out prior to the Super Rugby Pacific season.
Nick Champion de Crespigny fits the mould of what Western Force coach Simon Cron is chasing in his forwards: a physical bruiser who will not get pushed around by the bigger-bodied New Zealand-based packs.
Western Force scrum-half Nic White has hailed his side’s depth and says the club’s contingent of Wallabies will have to prove their worth as they target a breakthrough Super Rugby Pacific finals berth.
Western Force teammates went head-to-head in an intra-club scrimmage on Friday afternoon, and one young off-season appears to have impressed coach Simon Cron in pre-season.
Western Force have unveiled their full squad for the upcoming Super Rugby Women’s season, capped off by the addition of former Wallaroo Samantha Treherne and the return of Taylor Waterson.
Wallabies hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa’s goal for the upcoming Super Rugby Pacific season is simple yet lofty: to take the Western Force jersey to new heights.
As Jason Behrendorff gets set to sport new colours after more than a decade as a WA favourite, we look back at eight other long-time West Aussies who made a similar move.
Chris Robinson
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