Western Force Mauritius 10s Squad

[hertryk]

I notice some media outlets couldn't resist reporting it as "Brumbies heartbreak" rather than "Force win"

But hey, "Western Force - world champions" has a nice ring to it

I saw that too.. PLONKERS !!

[whodunnit]

Great advert for club rugby in Perth.
Nothing better to beat the brumbies full of so called pros!!
Force v brumbies will have some feeling.

[andrewM]

I notice some media outlets couldn't resist reporting it as "Brumbies heartbreak" rather than "Force win"

But hey, "Western Force - world champions" has a nice ring to it

And no surprises which media outlet that was!

[beige]

And no surprises which media outlet that was!

Turns out the original article is from the Canberra Times website so that's a bit more understandable. Doesn’t mean they couldn’t fix the headline on the other websites though, especially WA Today.

[travelling_gerry]

For those who didnt see the Brumbies Squad

Brumbies World Club 10s Squad

Player Position
Albert Anae Prop ( replaced by Tom Staniforth)
Leslie Leulua’iali’i-Makin* Prop
Ruan Smith* Prop
Robbie Abel Hooker
Josh Mann-Rea* Hooker
Blake Enever Lock
Jarrad Butler No. 8/Flanker
Jordan Smiler* No. 8/Flanker/Lock
Michael Wells No. 8/Flanker
Michael Dowsett* Scrumhalf
Brent Hamlin Scrumhalf
Robbie Coleman* Utility Back
James Dargaville Wing/Centre
Nigel Ah Wong* Wing/Centre
Lausii Taliauli Wing
Aidan Toua Fullback/Wing
*represented Brumbies in 2014 World Club 10s tournament in Singapore

[Sheikh]

So just the ~350 Super Rugby caps, and 2 international caps, between them, then.
Compared to our ~40, most of which come from Hoskins and Koteka.

[yungfen]

This definitely highlights their (Force representatives) will to win that competition.

[PerthGirl]

That's awesome news. Well done boys, hopefully Rugby WA will let them do a lap of honor at the last home game

[shasta]

do we even have a trophy cabinet?

Yes. You can view it here....


29-57 Christie St, St Leonards NSW 2065

[jono]

That's awesome news. Well done boys, hopefully Rugby WA will let them do a lap of honor at the last home game

State government should give them a parade. World wide competition winners. Neither AFL team can make that claim

[SNOB]

Trophy case has just been the kitchen draw up until now!
Time to get on built!

[fulvio sammut]

Give us a break guys.

It's good to see the Force win something, and well done the players, but to call this comp a world competition is laughable.

For a start, it's an invitational tournament, there were no national sides involved, there were no qualifying criteria, and the number of "clubs" competing was minimal.

It was an enjoyable annual diversion for those participating, upon which nothing turned, and upon which there was no incentive for the "clubs" to field their best players.

Great to play in, great to watch, great for development and exposure, great for partisan jubilation, but world standard competition?

Hardly.

[beige]

Who pissed in your cornflakes?

[travelling_gerry]

Phhh, if the yanks can have baseball world series, bring on world 10s

[fulvio sammut]

Beige.

Deep in your guts, you know it's nuts.

(Apologies to Albo.)