Western Force vs ACT Brumbies Saturday 10 May, 5:35pm WST

[Tazzmania]

Western Force team list

Starting XV; Ryan Coxon, Nic Dolly, Tom Robertson, Jeremy Williams (c), Darcy Swain, Will Harris, Carlo Tizzano, Nick Champion de Crespigny; Henry Robertson, Ben Donaldson, Mac Grealy, Hamish Stewart, Bayley Kuenzle, Harry Potter, Kurtley Beale

Reserves; Tom Horton, Atu Moli, Tiaan Tauakipulu, Lopeti Faifua, Reed Prinsep, Nic White, Max Burey, Sio Tomkinson

Unavailable list

Vaiolini Ekuasi (shoulder)
Harry Johnson-Holmes (knee)
Harry Hoopert (knee)
Brandon Paenga-Amosa (ankle)
Divad Palu (shoulder)
Marley Pearce (shoulder)
Dylan Pietsch (quad)
Matt Proctor (shoulder)

[andrewM]

After the disappointment of last week I am seriously hoping for a serious kick-ass game this week. I know the team can do it

[chiraag]

Unfortunately it looks like our reserve scrum is going to get smashed again with Horton & Tauakipulu. Liking the team other than that, and Pasitoa missing out again.
Good to see Faifua get a run. Thought he looked promising last year and was wondering why we hadn't seen him

[Transiting]

I was about to ask about Tauakipulu and Faifua, as they weren't listed as injured and had some game time last year. Were they not playing well?

Also want to see Pasitoa get more time, but who do you drop to achieve that?

[GIGS20]

I was about to ask about Tauakipulu and Faifua, as they weren't listed as injured and had some game time last year. Were they not playing well?

Also want to see Pasitoa get more time, but who do you drop to achieve that?

Tuakipulu got belted in the scrum against Pasifika and limped off with an apparent rib injury.

At the time I thought the injury might have been an excuse, but with the time out maybe not.

Hopefully he's done whatever work needs doing to come up to speed.

[Valz]

Bummer about Ekuasi, Amosa & Marley makes things tough & we’ll get targeted. Pietsch still out -how long does a quad take to heal. Have we even seen Proctor on the field? Thought Alan Alcock cameo was really good last week, very strong. If they just stop kicking everything away or at least kick accurate…… & support line breakers.

[blueandblack]

Won't be able to make this one. Second game ever I've missed at home

[palitu]

I'm glad white is on he bench, I wonder when he will come on. I reckon after 30-40mins.

What are your thoughts of greatly in the wing? I think I would prefer kuenzle, with tompkinson at 13.

[Darren]

Won't be able to make this one. Second game ever I've missed at home

That's an impressive attendance record!

[todd4]

No Tizzano, Koteka in.

[AndyS]

Kicking their own selves to death, again.

[todd4]

The officiating has been very poor, not only the ref but the AR's as well.

[AndyS]

Think you can pretty much call that the season. Started well, with intelligent kicking for territory, mostly to contested ball when the box kick was unavoidable, and very noticeably changing backline play to commit tacklers and offload in contact. All seemed to fall by the wayside as the season went on...territorial kicking wasn't too bad, but the box kicks got aimless, the chip kicks became more frequent and pointless, and the ball just started shuffling along the line without really making the defence commit. Showed they could mix it and beat good teams, but ultimately just wound up feeling so very familiar.

[James]

Yeah. You'd need a miracle and probably 10 points from the remaining 2 games.

Force look spent. We need a kinder away schedule. The furthest an NZ team travels is Perth. Once if that even. We make that same trip twice plus a longer one to Fiji. We need a more favourable bye schedule and back to back away games so we don't have 3 trans Tasman trips. Fair is fair. Not holding my breath, though.

[Kukerin kid]

Totally agree. No understanding of the distance travelled. Every team seems to complain about there travel schedule. But one trip over to to Perth is a joke if team from Perth is travelling every other week.