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Steve Williams (59)
Confusing Twiggy with Kezza?
Western Force is like catnip to you these days, RR. You used to be at the saner end of these online rugby asylums that we all inhabit.
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Western Force is like catnip to you these days, RR. You used to be at the saner end of these online rugby asylums that we all inhabit.
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Ken Catchpole (46)
And which of those WA locals is off contract? Only Pasitoa. I know Pasitoa was born over here but did we actually develop him or did he do most of his schooling in Queensland. I'd take every one of those guys before some marquee signing or returning Wallaby, but I don't fancy our chances. I reckon we should instead be looking at Jack Hardy, Jayden Ngamanu, Dickie Hardwick, Louwrens and the like. There are a couple of guys over in Europe (Zack Holmes, Ollie Hoskins) I'd want to take a look at.
I think in some ways it is easier said than done.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Get Clay Uyen back from France. Would mean can stop playing Brache and Lacey on a wing.
He’s still only 23
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Bob Loudon (25)
You need to aim for better than these guys though, if they are your big name signings then you're going to get pumped worse than this year
Fuck the "fostering the WA talent" for 2-3 years, become competitive, then filter in local lads as needed. The Force need to get away from this obsession of homegrown talent or journeymen who have played for them previously and worry about getting some runs on the board
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Ken Catchpole (46)
Agreed. Got to have a balance of both.
Uyen would be great. Brache is a good team man, but he is no winger.
Uyen would be great. Brache is a good team man, but he is no winger.
contracts don't mean anything in this COVID-19 period. Particularly when they were originally signed when the Force had lost their Super Rugby licence. Plus Twiggy can do anything apparently.
Confusing Twiggy with Kezza?
Western Force is like catnip to you these days, RR. You used to be at the saner end of these online rugby asylums that we all inhabit.
Just in the Force threads...you know what they say, when in Rome....
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Steve Williams (59)
Dunno, mate. The lawnmower cleared the field and lopped the wildflowers here a few years ago.
Shy and humble shrinking violets like myself remained … But, in a fallow field, others could show their blooms.
You're the new red poppy, Reg.
Someone's got to be the colour commentator but, hey, at least it ain't twitter.
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Bob Loudon (25)
Luther Burrell just terminated his RL contract and is looking to head back to Union, from the article seems very keen to get a gig anywhere possible
Always thought he was underrated and may give the Force that stop gap needed for a year or two while recruiting more permanent players
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/form...GiTTVlUre_9xUIHoVVA2MSxEQ08nANDAKT0gAZ1dMpLzg
Always thought he was underrated and may give the Force that stop gap needed for a year or two while recruiting more permanent players
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/form...GiTTVlUre_9xUIHoVVA2MSxEQ08nANDAKT0gAZ1dMpLzg
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Peter Fenwicke (45)
Centre Kyle Godwin set to return home to Western Force after Waratahs fail to reach an agreement
Nick Taylor - The West Australian - Sun, 13 September 2020
Western Force favourite son, centre Kyle Godwin, is set to return to the club next season.
The Force are in discussions with the home grown product who returned from Irish club Connacht for the Super Rugby season.
He was expecting to head to the Waratahs when the season ended but they could not reach an agreement in what was thought to be a done deal.
Godwin, a former Aquinas College pupil, made 52 Force appearances before moving to the Brumbies and then Connacht. He played one Wallaby Test in 2016 but career was hit by injury.
Former Force captain Matt Hodgson, now director of rugby at Global Rapid Rugby, said only that Godwin would be “a player of interest”.
Meanwhile Hodgson is disappointed that Godwin, No.8 Brynard Stander and young hooker Feleti Kaitu’u, who were picked for the initial Wallabies training squad, but did not make the final cut.
“Disappointing for those boys that they missed out,” Hodgson said.
“Having been chosen initially was another step forward for the club. If you look back two years we had nobody on the Wallaby radar, now the coaching panel is talking to our players regularly.”
Homegrown star signs two-year deal
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Nick Taylor - The West Australian - Sun, 13 September 2020
Western Force favourite son, centre Kyle Godwin, is set to return to the club next season.
The Force are in discussions with the home grown product who returned from Irish club Connacht for the Super Rugby season.
He was expecting to head to the Waratahs when the season ended but they could not reach an agreement in what was thought to be a done deal.
Godwin, a former Aquinas College pupil, made 52 Force appearances before moving to the Brumbies and then Connacht. He played one Wallaby Test in 2016 but career was hit by injury.
Former Force captain Matt Hodgson, now director of rugby at Global Rapid Rugby, said only that Godwin would be “a player of interest”.
Meanwhile Hodgson is disappointed that Godwin, No.8 Brynard Stander and young hooker Feleti Kaitu’u, who were picked for the initial Wallabies training squad, but did not make the final cut.
“Disappointing for those boys that they missed out,” Hodgson said.
“Having been chosen initially was another step forward for the club. If you look back two years we had nobody on the Wallaby radar, now the coaching panel is talking to our players regularly.”
Homegrown star signs two-year deal
Read more.....
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Ken Catchpole (46)
Number 7
Darby Loudon (17)
He has been killing it for Eastwood the last few weeks in Shute Shield. Really good signing for the Force. I reckon he would make a good #6.