Wow...is it any wonder that so few Western Force fans visit G&GR.
A Western Force tour to build relationships and grow our great game and still these efforts get slagged by 'wise men from the East'.
What other Australian Super Rugby franchise takes club players OS?? - last year Japan and this year South Africa.
Combinations are only built by playing competitive games - not by playing club rugby.
This squad includes Henry Robertson and Reesjan Pasitoa who played no games in SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) in 2023 as they were recovering from knee recons.
Max Bury was only recently offered a squad position after being part of the Wider Training Group in 2023.
Despite the two losses - which mean little in post- or pre-season games - we saw some glimpses of what we can expect to see in 2024.
The starting XV included regular starters in 2023: Marley Pearce (recent graduate from the WF Academy and Aus U20 player), Tom Horton, Carlo Tizzano, Jeremy Williams, Bayley Kuenzle, George Poolman and Sam Spinks plus recent recruit Harry Potter.
In addition, 5 Perth Club Players were in the XXIII plus 3 East Coast club players.
Perhaps the WF is doing what other clubs should also be doing - IF they could afford it. Thanks Andrew Forrest.
Central contracting has nothing to offer the Western Force as we know how those promises worked out in 2015-2017.