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    FIJI WARRIORS DOWN FORCE A IN BRISBANE

    Force A has suffered its first defeat of the Pacific Rugby Cup, going down 36-24 to the Fiji Warriors at Ballymore in Brisbane this afternoon.

    The Western Australians trailed 13-12 at half-time and despite scoring two second half tries, were unable to prevent the Fijians from adding 23 points in the second term.

    Dane Haylett-Petty was a standout for the Western Australian side, threatening the line at outside centre before shifting to fullback and proving safe under the high ball and finding field position with a strong kicking game.

    Head Coach Dwayne Nestor said his side was disappointed to see its unbeaten run come to an end after beating Queensland A (29-23) and Junior Japan (61-6) in the early rounds of the Pacific Rugby Cup.

    “We played some very good rugby in the first half today,’ he said. “We put them under pressure, we had the bulk of the territory and I believe we were unlucky to go in trailing at half-time.

    “Unfortunately, in the second half we weren’t accurate with our execution, we made too many easy mistakes and we allowed them to dominate the contact area and from there we were playing catch-up.”

    While Fiji won the race onto the scoreboard through an early penalty goal, it was Force A that crossed the line first with a Haylett-Petty double – first through No.8 Ross Haylett-Petty diving over before brother Dane added his side’s second shortly after.

    The Warriors added another penalty and a try after the half-time siren to take a one-point lead to the break.

    The Pacific Islanders added their third shortly after the interval, before Force A replacement winger Brad Lacey responded when he crossed in the right-hand corner.

    While Western Force winger Ed Stubbs crossed for Force A’s final try of the afternoon, it wasn’t enough to prevent the Fijians running out 12-point victors.

    Pacific Rugby Cup
    Monday, 10 March 2014 at Ballymore, Brisbane
    Fiji Warriors A 36 defeated Force A 24 (Ross Haylett-Petty, Dane Haylett-Petty, Brad Lacey, Ed Stubbs tries; Dillyn Leyds 2 conversions) at Ballymore, Brisbane.
    Force A
    1. Francois van Wyk, 2. Robbie Abel, 3. Salesi Manu, 4. Rory Walton, 5. Phoenix Battye, 6. Corey Thomas, 7. Kane Koteka, 8. Ross Haylett-Petty, 9. Ryan Louwrens, 10. Dillyn Leyds, 11. Ed Stubbs, 12. Chris Tuatara-Morrison (c), 13. Dane Haylett-Petty 14. Dylan Sage, 15. Patrick Dellit. Res: 16. Harry Scoble, 17. Joe Savage, 18. Chris Heiberg, 19. Oscar Backhouse, 20. Adrian Hall, 21. Angus Taylor, 22. Va’a Mailei, 23. Brad Lacey.

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    Chris Heiberg on the bench for Force A. Isn't he one of our two marque players?

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    Quote Originally Posted by shasta View Post
    Chris Heiberg on the bench for Force A. Isn't he one of our two marque players?
    International Marquee Players are Alby Mathewson (2014 his last year) and Wilhelm Steenkamp (2014-2016).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darren View Post
    Dane Haylett-Petty was a standout for the Western Australian side, threatening the line at outside centre
    This sound promising after Juniors efforts this year?

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrewg View Post
    International Marquee Players are Alby Mathewson (2014 his last year) and Wilhelm Steenkamp (2014-2016).
    Has Steenkamp actually played for South Africa? Wiki says he hasn't, although he might not qualify as a potential Wallaby because he's 29.

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    Playing As or sevens counts doesn't it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrewg View Post
    International Marquee Players are Alby Mathewson (2014 his last year) and Wilhelm Steenkamp (2014-2016).
    So does this mean that we loose Alby at the end of this year ??????

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chopper1 View Post
    So does this mean that we loose Alby at the end of this year ??????
    At the TWF awards night, Alby mentioned he would love to stay beyond this year but it was up to the ARU, not sure whether that meant they were already seeking an extension or they were going to ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    Playing As or sevens counts doesn't it?
    Reading through the rules it depends on what level the nation nominates as their second tier. SA nominated the juniors which strategically is very smart as it locks their juniors into SA and stops poaching like we are doing. I did read about one SA player who is eligible to play for both SA and England but is not committing to playing juniors with either in the junior tournaments.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chopper1 View Post
    So does this mean that we loose Alby at the end of this year ??????
    Alby is great but lets not forget we have two great young scrum halfs coming through in Prior and Louwrens

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    Steenkamp played for the Emerging Springboks. That is the equivalent of Australia 'A' and is the reason he is ineligible for any nation other than RSA.

    Alby is a great 9, but Marquee players should be brought in to fill gaps, not as permanent solutions. Ian Prior should be ready to be a starter by the start of next season. We also have a handful of promising up and comers. The last thing we want is a non-Wallaby eligible player creating a log jam or Wallaby eligible players and losing some of them. Perhaps the money we spend on Alby could be used on a high quality 13.

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    Robbie Fruen may be out of a job next year with SBW going back to the chiefs he only signed a 1 year deal and was rumour to have approached the force last year.

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    Not sure Freuan would be as wise an investment as Alby.......just my opinion though.

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    We've got a few options for 13 in our current stocks (Junior, Paddy, HB, Stubbs, Brache, CTM, DHP). I'd prefer it if one of them could be brought on rather than a foreign marque, even one as good as Fruen can be (IIRC, he's had a few injury concerns, and with our luck with marques ...)

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