Dunning toey about 100th game

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Dunning toey about 100th game

NICK TAYLOR in CAPE TOWN, The West Australian May 6, 2010, 9:28 am

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Western Force and Wallabies prop Matt Dunning hopes fellow front rower Tim Fairbrother doesn't last the whole 80 minutes against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday night.
Not that Dunning - known as "Tucky" to his team mates - will be wishing ill will on a member of the exclusive front row club.
It's just that if he doesn't get on, then Dunning will not crack the 100-Super cap club this weekend.
Dunning is on the reserves bench with 99 Super appearances to his name.
"It's a huge cap. We'll have to, at some stage, get him on the pitch," Western Force head coach John Mitchell said.
"He'll come on at some stage. It will come down to how Timmy (Fairbrother) fatigues during the match."
Mitchell has made several changes to last week's side that beat the Lions 33-12 in Johannesburg.
The whole front row changes for the Vodacom Park clash.
Nic Henderson replaces Pek Cowan at loosehead prop, Nathan Charles, newly signed this week to the club for two years, moves into hooker with Ben Whittaker joining the reserves and Fairbrother steps in for Dunning who was last week's player's player of the game.
Tom Hockings gets the nod in the No 4 jumper with Sam Wykes going back to the bench.
In the backs, Cameron Shepherd is back from his injury scare to wear the No 11 jumper and James O'Connor will start at full-back.
Mitchell was always going to rotate his squad for the first two games with positions up for grabs for the season finale against the Sharks in Durban next week.
The Force fly from Cape Town where they have been in camp to Bloemfontein on Friday.
Meanwhile, the Force have offered former ACT Brumbies and Queensland Reds centre Gene Fairbanks a two-year deal. The West Australian revealed that he trained with the club after they returned from New Zealand but no decision is imminent.
Fairbanks who has finished his contract with Japanese club Honda is playing club rugby for Randwick in Sydney but any decision to move west is a long way is from being finalised.
The future of former Wallaby and Force fans favourite Scott Staniforth will not be decided until the tour to South Africa is over.




Staniforth, who has been negotiating with Force rugby manager Mitch Hardy while in South Africa, has flown home to Perth with a season- ending neck injury he picked up in the win over the Lions.


Western Force squad for the Cheetahs at Bloemfontein :
1. Nic Henderson, 2. Nathan Charles, 3. Tim Fairbrother, 4. Tom Hockings, 5. Nathan Sharpe (c), 6. Matt Hodgson, 7. David Pocock, 8. Richard Brown, 9. Justin Turner, 10. David Hill, 11. Cameron Shepherd, 12. Ryan Cross, 13. Mitch Inman, 14. Nick Cummins, 15. James O'Connor.
Reserves: 16. Ben Whittaker, 17. Matt Dunning, 18. Sam Wykes, 19. Ben McCalman, 20. Chris O'Young, 21. Sam Harris, 22. Mark Bartholomeusz.


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[GIGS20]

"It's a huge cap. We'll have to, at some stage, get him on the pitch,"

Please please please please please put him on in minute 79.....that'd be hilarious!

[zimeric]

if he plays like he did last week id have him in at 50

[The Lone Hydrangea]

Fatty had his best game for the season last week. 50 sounds good.