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Watched the Backs and Forwards for separate hour-long skills sessions yesterday. The entire squad looks in good shape for the start of the pre-season. The ex-Brumbies lads slotting straight in with Issak Fines looking ripped, Reesjan Pasotoa and Reece Tapine slotting straight into some hectic...

Enjoyed meeting young Andrew Romano (19yo Prop from Qld Reds, Souths, Brisbane Boys High, Orange) who has joined the Western Force Academy. Certainly a big unit, seems like a top bloke, has moved West, has been through his 2 week quarantine and now set to commence pre-season with the main...

Encouraging support of grass roots rugby by Western Force CEO, Tony Lewis, and Director Rugby, Matt Hodgson, as well as a Rugby WA team led by RugbyWA Participation Manager, Damian Wainohu, promoting rugby in WA's Mid-West region over the past few days including the running of the Yamaji Rugby...

The Western Force has announced nine players in the top tier of their 2022 Fortescue Academy program. General Manager of the Fortescue Academy Chris Goodman, along with the pro-rugby staff, are focused on securing and investing in players that will be ready to be called-up into the main squad...

Totally agree and that's why we have such a high turnover (~30%) in Aussie Super Rugby clubs each year. The average career in Super Rugby is about 2.5 seasons. But identifying a players talent can be so subjective - especially when there is no set recipe for success. Kellaway is a good example of someone who had...

How interesting - such a narrow viewpoint. Is it any wonder that young talent is moving off-shore in order to get any level of appreciation? I'm happy to see Rob Kearny retire having a fun year at the Western Force. He did a fantastic job in mentoring the younger players and being so active...

Pleased to these 3 on tour......and glad that Greg Holmes gets to stay at home with the new baby.

To grow the game we need more promotion like this. Is it any wonder that interest in Rugby is growing in USA.

Has RA confirmed that it can afford to have a Spring Tour in 2021?

Although pleased to get 3 wins in a row, I found it difficult to get excited by a game against a team that has scored only 3 tries in its past 5 Tests.

Junior Grand Final Results Friday, 17th of September – Kingsway Sporting Complex U14 Girls – West Scarborough 0 def by Wanneroo 29 U17 Girls – ARKs 5 def by Wests Scarborough 26 Saturday, 18th of September – Rockingham Rugby Club, Lark Hill U12 – Rockingham 24 def by Kalamunda 47 U13 –...

The comments from Paul Cully and others about salary caps are a bit like the question "when are you going to stop beating your wife?"

Force sign exciting league prospect September 17, 2021 The Western Force add ‘x-factor’ to its 2022 Super Rugby Pacific squad with the signing of outside back Daniel Ala. The 19-year-old New South Welshman joins the Force from NRL side...

Good interview with Tony Lewis, CEO at WF after 9 months in the job. Pleasing to hear that the WF has signed a 5-year participation agreement with RA. Provides a chance to consolidate the current vision/structure. We're in for an interesting 5-10 years in the region.

Here's the full West Australian article from the website - Nick Taylor - 15 Sep 2021: (less Tazzmania's sections related to Rupeni Mataele) A star-studded coaching line-up is set to carve pathways for Super Rugby hopefuls in the new-look Western Force academy. Prop Greg Holmes, currently with...

Most of this we know but excited by the expansion of the Fortescue Academy to 30 with involvement down to U16s. Great for the identification and retention of young players and growth of the game in WA.

Really enjoying the talent buildup and foundations for future success. Staff for 2022 as follows: WF Coaches/Support Group Tim Sampson - Head Coach Mark Ozich - Attack Coach Paul Tito - Forwards Coach Nick Hensley - Defence Coach Dylan Parsons - Skills Coach Anthony Cutrupi - Head of Athletic...

Always quite amazing how ready people are to spend Andrew Forrest's $$s for him. Andrew offered financial support for RA (to the tune of $70 million) which had the conditions of a board clean-out and a establishing a new governance model for managing Rugby Union in Australia. This offer was...

As Rugby Australia continues to struggle for $$s and any meaningful improvement the recommendations for the way forward from over 12 months ago look even more appropriate... Lower the sights, aim for success, focus on timezone, reduce the amount/cost of travel, don't try and fix everybody's...

Perhaps it means that there are neither easy answers nor short-term bandaid solutions.