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Western Force 2011

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George Gregan (70)
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Interesting that two of the 9s on the Force roster are playing 10 for their clubs (Sheehan & Swanepoel) or has Swanepoel been let go?
 
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Eyes and Ears

Bob Davidson (42)
fatprop said:
Interesting that two of the 9s on the Force roster are playing 10 for their clubs (Sheehan & Swanepoel) or has Swanepoel been let go?
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I am pretty sure that Swanepoel was retained as their No 3 No 9 behind Sheehan and Turner. However Turner is out for the S15 and Stannard has come in. I suspect Stannard will get the bench spot behind Sheehan.
 
Gnostic

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Mark Ella (57)
I hope that the Force play McCalman at 8 next year, with Hodgo at 6 and Pocock at 7. Brown to bench to cover all three back row spots.
 
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ChargerWA

Mark Loane (55)
So we miss out playing the Cheetahs and the Chiefs, but get the Bulls and Crusaders at our home ground, rounds 10 and 11. Not a terrible draw I suppose.

Was watching Willie Ripia in the ITM cup on Saturday, had a reasonable game after kicking his first two restarts in to touch. Looking forward to the season, come on February.
 
Lee Grant

Lee Grant

John Eales (66)
He's a Steady Eddie player who won't make a lot of linebreaks but he looks like a good facilitator. I'm backing him.
 
FTS

FTS

Billy Sheehan (19)
Can any force people tell me if Kyle Godwin is close to playing Super Rugby? Seen him play as a schoolboy and he looked very skillful.
 
farva

farva

Vay Wilson (31)
I think he has a tier 1 academy contract now, but dont quote me.
He would still only be 17 this year I believe, 18 next, so might be a couple of years off yet.
 
Boomer

Boomer

Alfred Walker (16)
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/union/8007343/graham-looks-to-solve-his-back-problem/

From the report:

New Western Force head coach Richard Graham has set his recruiting targets for the 2011 Super rugby competition. Top of his list are a back-up playmaker and two outside backs with a versatile second row/back row forward and a front-rower in his sights.

The Force have shown interest in North Harbour fly-half Mike Harris who is eligible to play for Australia, and second-rowers Leon Power, who is with Taranaki but also has Australian eligibility, and Manly's Greg Peterson, who is in the Waratahs academy.


Peterson - is there really any chance he won't be signed by the Tahs? They have one spot in the roster, correct?
 
en_force_er

en_force_er

Geoff Shaw (53)
fatprop said:
His interview with the clubrugby had him stating he wasn't ready for S15 yet and is more interested in building himself up at the moment.
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Good call. I think he wouldn't do himself any favours by playing Super rugby just yet.

He'd be better off backing himself to get a Tahs contract in the next 1-3 years rather than rushing off to Perth underdeveloped.
 
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en_force_er

Geoff Shaw (53)
I think it's strange to bag one of the better 3Ns performers just because he does modelling on the side, but that's just me.
 
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