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Liking the team for the match against the Tahs. 6 lads developed through Perth Club rugby (140 Super Rugby caps) 807 Super Rugby caps. 125 caps in UK, Ireland or France. 6 Internationals (2 Aus; 2 Samoa; 1 NZ; 1 USA) - 67 Test caps. Av age: 27yo. (Youngest - 19; Oldest 37) 9 players making their Super Rugby...

Good to be back......

Sydney bound and ready for Super Rugby AU campaign July 8, 2020 With the Western Force playing squad, coaches and support staff set to fly out to New South Wales on Friday, Head Coach Tim Sampson expressed the group is “full of excitement” ahead of their first Super Rugby match-up since 2017...

Western Force owner Andrew Forrest launches one last broadside at game’s bosses ahead Nick Taylor - The West Australian - Tuesday, 7 July 2020 Western Force owner Andrew Forrest launched a huge broadside at the game’s governing body as he rallied his players ahead of their Australian Super...

No competition is going to extend to the Pacific if there is even a trace of ongoing CV19 issues. Unless teams such Fiji, Samoa and Tonga base themselves in NZ or Oz. At whose cost? That's the challenge GRR faces in 2021.

Thanks Reg - your 8 and 41 is correct (just shows that 4 years of Engineering was wasted). (Note: Now fixed to avoid any confusion). Only a large squad due to the extra injury coverage for the SRAu involvement. CV19 limitations meant reaching out to more due to quarantine etc. Some of those...

Thanks for the proof reading Kiap. Of course it's FLW (Fergus Lee-Warner) & Atkins. (Can't believe I added to that mis-statement! ;) )

GRR already has an Australian representative team the owner of which is contributing to the cost of the competition. Growth was to come after consolidation of the initial 6 team season. Difficult to see a GRR competition in 2021 due to: ongoing CV19 issues. instability in China and Hong Kong...

For the want of repeating myself - it's becoming obvious that the way forward is (in no particular order): Lower the sights, aim for success, focus on timezone, reduce the amount/cost of travel, don't try and fix everybody's problems, slow and steady growth from the grass roots, seek more...

Agree....Yogi and and FLW (Fergus Lee-Warner) very useful in the Back Row. Stowers is useful at No 8.

Western Force Team List as at 2 July 2020 Currently 40 players + Jonah Placid (injured - knee) Wonder of there's more to come??

Pek Cowan and Nick Frisby join the squad for SRAu 2020. Read more.....

It only takes a masochist if all they are going to do is pour $$s into the black hole knows as Rugby Australia. The professional game in Australia needs to run by professionals who are committed to making the game a commercial proposition in this country. Part of that will be creating a...

Rugby Union in WA is far from being "on its knees". The new season of Club Rugby is shaping up very well...... RugbyWA shows a very good result for 2019

Hear from Ollie Atkins, Kane Koteka,Greg Holmes, Jono Lance, Jordan Luke and Kyle Godwin

Western Force owner Andrew Forrest gives $5 million boost to grass roots rugby in WA Nick Taylor - The West Australia - Monday, 29 June 2020 WA rugby has received a massive $5 million boost from mining magnate and Western Force owner Andrew Forrest. Forrest and wife Nicola have committed the...

Don't underestimate youthful Force: Thrush Justin Chadwick - Central West Daily/AAP - 29 June 2020 Former All Blacks lock Jeremy Thrush believes the Western Force's raft of youngsters will blossom in Australia's new domestic rugby competition...................... But the odds are still well...

Good to see Greg and Kyle out of CV19 quarantine and back on the training track in WF blue.

SUPER RUGBY VETERAN CALLS TIME June 26, 2020 Western Force flanker Chris Alcock has today announced his retirement from rugby. The 32-year-old South African made the difficult decision to hang up his boots after a highly rewarding albeit injury-filled, 11-year career. Read...