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Emirates Western Force Coach John Mitchell has named a 26-strong squad for a 19-day tour of South Africa to kick start his team’s 2008 Investec Super 14 campaign.
The Perth-based side will open their season against last year’s finalists, the Sharks, at the imposing ABSA Stadium this Friday night before meeting the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein and the Lions at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
The team will be based in Durban for the bulk of the tour, preferring to fly into Bloemfontein and Johannesburg the day before the match for their Week 2 and Week 3 encounters.
The squad will depart for the Republic at 12.40pm tomorrow (Tuesday) and returns to Perth on Sunday 2 March.
26-man Emirates Western Force South Africa tour squad
Richard Brown, Pek Cowan, Ryan Cross, Nick Cummins, Scott Daruda, Scott Fava, Matt Giteau (vc), Gareth Hardy, Matt Henjak, Tom Hockings, Matt Hodgson, Luke Holmes, Lachlan MacKay, Tai McIsaac, Drew Mitchell, David Pocock, David Pusey, Haig Sare, Nathan Sharpe (c), Cameron Shepherd, Scott Staniforth, James Stannard, Troy Takiari, Sitaleki Timani, AJ Whalley, Sam Wykes.