World Series Rugby: Rd1 Western Force VS Fiji NIB Stadium PerthWA 06:30 PM WST

[dru]

Line out by Force at 45m. Ball out the line until Fiji collect. Drop ball in tackle.

Who said these Fiji shouldn't be here?

 

[dru]

Gorgeous offloads Fiji but pushed. Knock on.

12 min to go.

 

[Shaker]

Thanks for the updates Dru. BTW, why is Pek Cowan not in the squad?

He was arguably the guy i thought would be one of the first signed up. Maybe he's retired?

 

[dru]

Fiji 7s hitting hard right now. Lovely, but uncontrolled, attack.

 

[Forcefield]

Coaching in Japan.

 

[D-Box]

There is a decent Fijian support dotted around the ground

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[dru]

10m line out Fiji.

That's the most unstructured driving mall I've ever seen. Looks good though. Fiji pushing to the line.

Try converted

WF 24 Fiji 14

 

[dru]

Fiji striking back from the restart. Force need some maturity right now.

 

[dru]

Fiji push hard for ages, finally a knock on - actually that isn't. Oh well.

 

[dru]

Force strike back. Lose ball. we are over time.

 

[dru]

Desperate run from fiji with back up hooker playing like a winger.

 

[dru]

Force put it out to win

 

[Shaker]

One of my biggest worries going into this series were potential blowouts and low standard rugby but neither popped up in this game. Cracking game of rugby, hopefully it continues next Sunday against Tonga.

 

[RugbyReg]

So is this a fairly low strength fiji side?

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Yeah. Lesser than the Drua. Call it a solid trial match before the clashes with the super rugby teams.

 

[dru]

OK impressions.

Not "Soup standard" though not far off, and of course the teams were competititive so I'm not bitchin' - I don't watch just internationals.

RA/ARU take note - what keeps the punter is competitive games, not particularly beating Kiwi teams.

Twigg is genuine.

This is actually happening. Hang on rugby fans, this possibility is actually funded,

Personal call to the Twigg: Love your work bloke, but another Aus team would help. Reds are ripe for the picking. Just saying.

 

[Up the Guts]

Looks like Western Australian Rugby and interest in rugby has strengthened after getting booted last year. Excellent job by Twiggy, those that organised it and the Force fans who stayed strong.

 

[Swandive]

How did Harrison Orr go?

 

[Rugbynutter39]

OK impressions.

Not "Soup standard" though not far off, and of course the teams were competititive so I'm not bitchin' - I don't watch just internationals.

RA/ARU take note - what keeps the punter is competitive games, not particularly beating Kiwi teams.

Twigg is genuine.

This is actually happening. Hang on rugby fans, this possibility is actually funded,

Personal call to the Twigg: Love your work bloke, but another Aus team would help. Reds are ripe for the picking. Just saying.

What reminded me by Fiji warriors performance which is their amateur team is for twiggyball with a professional Fiji team who can keep their best players will be the best team in the competition within 3 year timeframe.


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[The_Brown_Hornet]

What a great evening, a resounding success in every way. The footy was decent, the game fairly close and a bumper crowd. Can't ask for much more than that. I hope that this is the first step on a new path, not only for rugby here in WA, but also a glimpse of what can be achieved nationally. Well done to everyone who made it a reality.

 

[Forcefield]

How did Harrison Orr go?

No offense to the guy, but I didn't rate him. He looked slow. Wouldn't judge a guy off one game alone, but not amazed so far.

Really liked Rocket Rod, Tevin Ferris, Harry Lloyd and Andrew Deegan. Rodney Iona pretty nifty too.