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The Western Force is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, currently competing in Super Rugby Pacific. They previously played in Super Rugby from 2006 until they were axed from the competition in 2017. Following their axing they played in the National Rugby Championship in 2018 and 2019, replacing the Perth Spirit, and Global Rapid Rugby from 2018 to 2020, an Indo-Pacific competition organised by Andrew Forrest.
Robert Kearney is an Irish former rugby union player. He played for 15 years for Leinster followed by a six-month stint in Australia, playing for Perth based side Western Force. He also played over a decade for the Ireland national rugby union team with whom he earned 95 caps, and went on two British & Irish Lions tours in 2009 and 2013. As a youth he also played rugby union for Clongowes Wood College and Gaelic football for Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.
Jeremy Thrush is a rugby union lock who plays for the Western Force. He previously played for Hurricanes in Super Rugby and Wellington Lions in the ITM Cup. He represented the Junior All Blacks, New Zealand Under-19 and New Zealand Secondary Schools teams. He was a part of the victorious 2004 Under-19 World Championship team and was named the 2004 IRB World U19 Player of the Year.
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Tevin Ferris is a New Zealand born, Australian rugby union player who plays for the Force in Global Rapid Rugby and the Super Rugby AU competition. His original playing position is flanker. He was named in the Force squad for the Global Rapid Rugby competition in 2020.
Jake Abel is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Force in Global Rapid Rugby and the Super Rugby AU competition. His original playing position is scrum-half. He was named in the Force squad for the Global Rapid Rugby competition in 2020.
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Bo Abra is an Australian rugby union player, who most recently played for the Force in Super Rugby and for Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition. His playing position is prop.
Tim Anstee is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Force in Super Rugby. His playing position is flanker. He was named in the Force squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. He had previously represented the Australia Sevens team at 24 competitions between 2016 and 2020. Tim was nominated for Cosmopolitan Bachelor of the Year in 2017.
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- ↑ "Community colours". Western Force. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020.
- ↑ "Western Force include club names in NRC squad". Rugby WA. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ "Jake Stracahn". Western Force. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.
