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Mitchell waves red rag at Queensland
Posted March 12, 2010 18:09:00
Confident mood ... John Mitchell (File photo) (Getty Images: Paul Kane)
Western Force coach John Mitchell says he is looking forward to continuing his team's rivalry with the Queensland Reds when the sides clash at Lang Park on Sunday.
The Force has never beaten the Reds in Brisbane and Mitchell is confident his team will win and register its first victory of the season.
Mitchell says there is a lot of feeling between the two sides.
"There seems to be some sort of personal situations there that we took their players," he said.
"But I guess in many ways we didn't take their players, we just gave some of their players an opportunity when they weren't getting an opportunity in Queensland."
Mitchell is confident former All Black David Hill will perform well at fly half in his debut for the Force.
He says Hill is the answer to filling the number 10 position.
"He's had a good impact," he said.
"We look forward to an even further impact on the weekend.
"His experience is invaluable and [we] really hope that comes through."
Reds: Peter Hynes, Luke Morahan, Digby Ioane, Anthony Faingaa, Brando Va'aulu, Quade Cooper, Will Genia (captain), Leroy Houston; Daniel Braid, Scott Higginbotham, Van Humphries, Rob Simmons, Laurie Weeks, Saia Faingaa, Ben Daley. Reserves: Sean Hardman, Greg Holmes, Adam Byrnes, Jake Schatz, Ben Lucas, Morgan Turinui, Will Chambers
Western Force: Dane Haylett-Petty, Scott Staniforth, Ryan Cross, James O'Connor, Nick Cummins, David Hill, Brett Sheehan, Richard Stanford, Matt Hodgson, Ben McCalman, Nathan Sharpe (captain), Sam Wykes, Tim Fairbrother, Ryan Tyrrell, Nic Henderson. Reserves: Pek Cowan, Matt Dunning, Tom Hockings, Jono Jenkins, Chris O'Young, Sam Harris, Mitch Inman
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