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One of the articles said Beale was injury cover for Potter, does that mean Potter is injured or just that Beale is the back up?
Didnt Potter get injured in the Wales game on the Spring Tour? Shoulder?
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'I'm not going to waltz in' - (to the Wallabies - or the Force) - Nick Dolly.
Ten years ago Nic Dolly would have laughed in disbelief if you told the Australian-born hooker he would play professional rugby, let alone run out for England.
https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/01/1...abies-history/
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Force have built a squad with plenty of depth;
Force pressure gauge: Props with point to prove, can flyhalf stay healthy and find new level?
https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/01/2...ind-new-level/
"More to give": Swain eager to Force Test recall ahead of Brumbies homecoming
After nine years in and around the Brumbies system, the sight of Darcy Swain in Western Force colours still takes some getting used to.
But there won't be any hesitation when the 17-Test lock pulls on that new strip for Friday's trial clash with Swain relishing his new lease on life - both in Perth and as a new father......
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We scrum for posession, run for the try zone, bleed for the team and live for the game
Western Force recruit Nick Champion de Crespigny on Wallabies dreams and French sojourn
The West Australian – 4 February 2025
Nick Champion de Crespigny’s frame is broad, his path to professional rugby less-travelled and his desire to prove himself insatiable.
The 191cm, 110kg back-rower fits the mould of what Western Force coach Simon Cron is chasing in his forwards: a physical bruiser who will not get pushed around by the bigger-bodied New Zealand-based packs.
The 28-year-old is actually yet to make his Super Rugby Pacific debut, having struggled to make an impact in the system over east before spending three successful years at French Top 14 club Castre.
Honours run in Champion de Crespigny’s family; his uncle Richard was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his efforts as pilot of Qantas Flight 32 to Singapore in 2010, when he successfully landed an Airbus A380 which suffered engine failure.
Now back in Australia, the loose forward is targeting honours of the international kind with the Wallabies and believes the Force is the perfect place to help him get there.
“A few of my close friends — Harry Potter, Harry Johnson-Holmes, Tom Robertson — are signed here, and they said the club is making a really good step in the right direction,” Champion de Crespigny told The West Australian.
“It’s a chance to establish myself back home and push for higher honours to see my potential, international rugby or not, and I just wanted to see whether I was up to it.
“I’m a proud Australian, and want to give myself the best opportunity in a short career to see how far I can go.”
Champion de Crespigny actually played against the Force in an exhibition match while on the Rebels’ books many moons ago, but was never given an opportunity to play Super Rugby.
Instead, he had to go over to France to make dough and was given a chance by Castre; in his first season at the club, he helped them reach the final of the Top 14 against Montpellier in front of 80,000 people at Stade de France.
Not bad for a man who was playing Shute Shield rugby to three and four-figure crowds the year before.
“Everything seemed to happen fairly quickly. I did always have that innate belief that I was there or thereabouts when I was in Australia, but it was just a whirlwind,” Champion de Crespigny said.
“I’m forever very grateful to the coaching staff and the group there for having that belief in me, but to be playing in front of 88,000 people, it’s just mental, it’s hard put into words.
“Representing a town which is so passionate about the game, we unfortunately lost the final, but we got a bus back into the town and there was 50,000 people in the square cheering for us.
“To be able to represent those people and a place, something a bit bigger than yourself, it’s pretty special.”
Champion de Crespigny said it was a tough decision to pull up stumps and head back to Australia, but was confident it was the right one.
“I loved my time there, and I was actually about to extend there for a few more years. It came out relatively quickly, but the club president was really understanding when I spoke to him about my sort of aspirations back in Australia,” he said.
“He supported me fully in my decision to come back, but it was tough to leave a place which I referred to as home when I was at the end of my time there and a group of guys who had been there through the formative years in my professional career.”
Apologies then advance for posting more "fluff" as you call it, but here is a great article from Christie Doran on one of my favourites:
'Blood, sweat and tears': 'Brutal' call that ended Kiwi's dream - but why it could prove a Super Rugby game-changer
Reed Prinsep admits he was left devastated when he was forced out of the Hurricanes, but now that he is plying his trade across the ditch, the bruising back-rower believes more and more will end up playing in Australia looking for opportunities.
After seven years and 71 Super Rugby appearances for the Hurricanes, the ten-capped New Zealand Māori loose-forward was cut adrift months after a new coach arrived on the block with fresh ideas and a desire to regenerate the team.....
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The Western Force recruit who stunned Wales with two-try haul
Pre-season training in Perth is not for the weak. With scorching temperatures of around 40 degrees in January, it’s been a gruelling start to life out west for multiple new recruits at the Western Force, which includes former Queensland Reds flyer Mac Grealy.....
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We scrum for posession, run for the try zone, bleed for the team and live for the game
Fire in the belly for 'stitched up' Western Force
Nic White reckons the Western Force have been stitched up by the Super Rugby fixturing, but he’s backing his side to buck the odds and gatecrash the finals......
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We scrum for posession, run for the try zone, bleed for the team and live for the game
Front row back row exit row I’m getting confused!
What a way to start the day !!!!
Jeremy Williams re-signs with Western Force, Rugby Australia until 2027 World Cup
Western Force and Wallabies second-row Jeremy Williams has recommitted until the end of the 2027 Rugby World Cup....
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We scrum for posession, run for the try zone, bleed for the team and live for the game