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Western Force win World 10s
The West Australianon June 19, 2016, 11:16 pm
The Western Force are crowned winners of the World Club 10's Rugby Final. Picture: Christiaan Kotze/SASPA
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Western Force win World 10s - The West Australian
Surprise package Western Force has shocked their highly favoured opponents and Super rugby heavyweights Brumbies to clinch the World Club 10s title in Mauritius.
The Force, a side made up almost entirely of local club players and academy members with just a couple of players with Super Rugby experience, beat the fully professional outfit by a single second half try from Brad Lacey, converted by Michael Ruru.
It was the first silverware won by the Force since their foundation and in doing so beat a side who were runners-up when the tournament was last held in Singapore two years ago.
The underdogs simply gave no respect to the tournament favourites as they scrapped for every ball.
Their massive defence won the game, particularly in the first period when the ACT-based side threw everything at them.
They tried to bury them at the scrum but the Force pack stood firm.
Force players celebrate their win. Picture: Christiaan Kotze/SASPA
The force barely moved from their own 10 metres in the first period and it seemed it would only be a matter of time before the wall was broken.
But it never cracked even when the players were obviously exhausted.
Coach Dwayne Nestor described the win as awesome.
“I said to the boys before the game that the two things that win grand finals are enthusiasm and desire to win. They showed both, dead set,” he said.
“This was a group of young blokes who really wanted to work hard. This is no different to what the Force do week in week out.
“They work really hard for each other and that is something that will be unique to the Force.
“The defence was brilliant, brilliant.”
Captain Kane Koteka said the win was unreal.
“Mate, we were underdogs but we believed in the group the whole time,” Koteka said.
“We're stoked. The boys really wanted it, you could tell.
“They wanted to make the most of this opportunity. We're stoked to be representing the Western Force.”
The Force had moved into the finals from second spot in their pool after beating the Italian All Stars 38-0 and French powerhouse Toulon 19-7 although they went down 19-10 to competition favourites Brumbies.
They opened the second day of competition with a 12-7 quarter-final victory over the Heyneke Meyer coached Africa Pacific Dragons and a 29-0 victory over the All Stars in a rematch.
The West Australianon June 19, 2016, 11:16 pm
The Western Force are crowned winners of the World Club 10's Rugby Final. Picture: Christiaan Kotze/SASPA
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Western Force win World 10s - The West Australian
Surprise package Western Force has shocked their highly favoured opponents and Super rugby heavyweights Brumbies to clinch the World Club 10s title in Mauritius.
The Force, a side made up almost entirely of local club players and academy members with just a couple of players with Super Rugby experience, beat the fully professional outfit by a single second half try from Brad Lacey, converted by Michael Ruru.
It was the first silverware won by the Force since their foundation and in doing so beat a side who were runners-up when the tournament was last held in Singapore two years ago.
The underdogs simply gave no respect to the tournament favourites as they scrapped for every ball.
Their massive defence won the game, particularly in the first period when the ACT-based side threw everything at them.
They tried to bury them at the scrum but the Force pack stood firm.
The force barely moved from their own 10 metres in the first period and it seemed it would only be a matter of time before the wall was broken.
But it never cracked even when the players were obviously exhausted.
Coach Dwayne Nestor described the win as awesome.
“I said to the boys before the game that the two things that win grand finals are enthusiasm and desire to win. They showed both, dead set,” he said.
“This was a group of young blokes who really wanted to work hard. This is no different to what the Force do week in week out.
“They work really hard for each other and that is something that will be unique to the Force.
“The defence was brilliant, brilliant.”
Captain Kane Koteka said the win was unreal.
“Mate, we were underdogs but we believed in the group the whole time,” Koteka said.
“We're stoked. The boys really wanted it, you could tell.
“They wanted to make the most of this opportunity. We're stoked to be representing the Western Force.”
The Force had moved into the finals from second spot in their pool after beating the Italian All Stars 38-0 and French powerhouse Toulon 19-7 although they went down 19-10 to competition favourites Brumbies.
They opened the second day of competition with a 12-7 quarter-final victory over the Heyneke Meyer coached Africa Pacific Dragons and a 29-0 victory over the All Stars in a rematch.
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