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Super Rugby Pacific

Jeremy Williams shifts to blindside in Western Force team to play Blues

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 14: Jeremy Williams of the Force looks onduring the round one Super Rugby match between Western Force and ACT Brumbies at HBF Park, on February 14, 2026, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Janelle St Pierre/Getty Images)

The Western Force have welcomed back Darcy Swain to the starting XV for round 2 of the Super Rugby Pacific season, moving Jeremy Williams to the back row to accommodate the lock alongside Puma Franco Molina.

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Vaiolini Ekuasi moves to No.8 as part of the reshuffle, with Nick Champion de Crespigny sidelined due to a knee injury.

The rest of the starting XV remains unchanged for Simon Cron’s side, with the addition of Kane Koteka the only change on the bench.

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Cron was unsparing following his side’s 56-24 loss to the Brumbies in round 1, signalling an urgent need for answers after his side let a 10-0 lead slip.

“We have to be better than that,” Cron said. “Look, you don’t get to cry about it, you don’t get to mourn that ‘we played a poor game’.

“We’ve got to review straight away, get the fixes that are most critical for the team. We’ve had a discussion in the sheds around that, and now get back out on the park and start fixing it.

“I’m bitterly disappointed, mainly because the first 20 we controlled the ball.

“I feel then we just got really narrow and started overworking our forwards quite a lot… have to look at how and why and fix that.”

The challenge doesn’t get much easier against another 2025 semi-finalist, but the coach has more experience in the engine room to help counter the Blues’ tight game.

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Wins
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Average Points scored
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37
First try wins
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Home team wins
60%

Western Force team to play the Blues

  1. Tom Robertson
  2. Brandon Paenga-Amosa
  3. Harry Johnson-Holmes
  4. Franco Molina
  5. Darcy Swain
  6. Jeremy Williams (c)
  7. Carlo Tizzano
  8. Vaiolini Ekuasi
  9. Nathan Hastie
  10. Ben Donaldson (vc)
  11. Bayley Kuenzle
  12. Hamish Stewart
  13. George Bridge
  14. Divad Palu
  15. Mac Grealy

16. Leonel Oviedo
17. Sef Fa’agase
18. Misinale Epenisa
19. Lopeti Faifua
20. Kane Koteka
21. Henry Robertson
22. Max Burey
23. Kurtley Beale

Injury list

Nick Champion de Crespigny (knee) – short term
Darby Lancaster (thigh) – short term
Dylan Pietsch (foot) – short term
Feao Fotuaika (foot) – medium term
Alex Harford (shoulder) – long term
Doug Philipson (knee) – long term

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SB 45 days ago

A bit like Tupou Vaa’i for the All Blacks last year.

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Bazzallina 1 hour ago
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One things for sure Force look a tight bunch of dudes team effort on efforts

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DC 1 hour ago
Reds vs Force takes: Pumas lock stars, Donaldson strengthens POTY case

well are the reds afraid of playing teams that have wind inthere names losing to to the force after the hurricanes

sure the force played well but throught the reds would be better last night at home



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Bazzallina 2 hours ago
Chiefs outmuscle Waratahs up front in big Hamilton win

Man I dislike to pick on players but the Tahs 10s have been doodoo this year Lawson was forever dropping the ball and hardly passing it when he was at 10 ( had the most carries for zero line breaks) Jack in this game was dropping it kicking it out on the full both just wasting ball and not balancing that by getting breaks and tries and or assists sooner they find somebody else the better they will be, get Pasitoa back to Oz the reds have 1 to many 10s or next year move the young fella at the back into the drivers seat that’s my take anyhow

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CB 2 hours ago
Bulls player ratings vs Glasgow | 2025/26 Investec Champions Cup

Yeah that'll be the Glasgow player on the floor with 2 Bulls players with hands on him? Yeah he's clearly the instigator! What a bizarre take!

Bulls really were due a yellow earlier in the half, it was what, 5 or 6 new penalty advantages while under penalty advantage on their 5 metre line before McDowall scored. Then again later in the half, similar situation. But yeah, the Bulls were hard done by.



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J Marc 3 hours ago
'You're better than that': Henry Pollock involved in multiple incidents with Castres

If he will be picked…

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Eric Elwood 3 hours ago
'You're better than that': Henry Pollock involved in multiple incidents with Castres

Abusing and mocking opposition fans is actually outlawed in rugby, the same law that bans players abusing officials. So it is not “perfectly fine”.

Soccer have given players suspensions for this kind of behaviour. It is high time for rugby to apply its own laws.



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Ed the Duck 3 hours ago
Toulouse hunt Bears to European extinction, Glasgow slaughter Bulls

So Bullshit all round then Eric…???🤣🤣🤣

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Ed the Duck 3 hours ago
Bulls player ratings vs Glasgow | 2025/26 Investec Champions Cup

Wasn’t there an Irish team that paddled their way across the dyke today and couldn’t be bothered too?

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Ed the Duck 3 hours ago
'You're better than that': Henry Pollock involved in multiple incidents with Castres

He did alter prendergast’s name to Prendergassed…

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Ed the Duck 3 hours ago
'You're better than that': Henry Pollock involved in multiple incidents with Castres

Care to name any of the “bigots” the school you refer to has a reputation for producing?

Nah, thought not…



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Andrew Nichols 3 hours ago
Chiefs vs Waratahs takes: The Chiefs' big question, little brother syndrome

I still see their slow ruck clearance as the biggest weakness. They get on a roll then it sedms to take an age for the 9 to dig the ball out and thus the defence has all the time to get set. The Canes dont seem to suffer this.

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Jannie Aus 4 hours ago
'You're better than that': Henry Pollock involved in multiple incidents with Castres

Be warned Pollock. Your worth will be exposed against the Boks in July.

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Eric Elwood 4 hours ago
Toulouse hunt Bears to European extinction, Glasgow slaughter Bulls

Glasgow “slaughtered” Bulls?

At 22-21 Hastings overhit a restart horribly with the ball landing on the Bulls goal line and a huge wind looking set to help the Ball the 8 metres to touch on the hard ping pong surface. With a freakish bounce it bounced backwards! Otherwise, that would have been a centre field scrum back and a certain pen to Bulls and a likely win.



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NHinSH 4 hours ago
'You're better than that': Henry Pollock involved in multiple incidents with Castres

It’s called a celebration, which happens across pretty much every sport, often a lot more full on than anything he or others in rugby do. Crowds give it to players all game, a little return fire is perfectly fine, see Finn Russell at Kingsholme

If all of this is your idea of bigotry I don't think you understand the meaning of the word.



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Eric Elwood 4 hours ago
Bulls player ratings vs Glasgow | 2025/26 Investec Champions Cup

Hard luck Bulls I was supporting them today and fellow URC team Stormers also. Glasgow are doing a little Welsh impression with the onfield winding up. They knew they were in safe hands with Brousset. The penalty leading to the last try was case in point. The Scottish player on the ground grabbed the Bulls player above him with both hands on the jersey. The Glasgow player smiled and wouldn’t let it go. The Bull tried to shake him off, and a mellee ensued. The correct call should have been a reversal of the penalty as a Glasgow player was the point of origin, but Brousset penalized Bulls an extra 10 metres which allows Glasgow kick close to the Bulls line and eventually score.

Bulls will be wiser next time and Toulon won’t be fooled by those tricks.



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Eric Elwood 4 hours ago
Feinberg-Mngomezulu criticism: 'That's certainly something Rassie Erasmus will look at'

I agree around the issue with English referee “Teams”. Also all English referees appear to referee very similarly and poorly. I wonder if they have a whatsapp group for ref chats!

The EPRC is a great torunament. I am sorry fellow URC teams Stormers nor Bulls won today but they turned up and look like they have the bug now. I thought Feinberg should have sat in the drop goal pocket to make the try easier at the end. Stormers should have made sure.



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Eric Elwood 4 hours ago
'You're better than that': Henry Pollock involved in multiple incidents with Castres

He mocked Irish (Leinster) supporters in the Champions Cup semi final after scoring his tries. As mocking opposition supporters is actually banned in most sport (including rugby) its not clear how complaining about it is putting world sport in trouble.

He is from an English public school which are notorious for rac1st, bigotted cultures. Now he is abusing foreign players and supporters. I think we can put 2 and 2 to get 4 here and conclude that Pollock has sponged the bigotry being learned at his privileged toff school.



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Eric Elwood 4 hours ago
'You're better than that': Henry Pollock involved in multiple incidents with Castres

He is clearly targeting French and Irish (aka foreign) teams. He has a 50k per annum education at a very privileged, very upper class, very white Public school which have a reputation for producing bigots. I am not sure what other equations are to be drawn from his behaviour. Again he is causing his team damage. See the final last year. Short term his behaviour may be beneficial in a combat sport as you say.

This is a team sport though. You would imagine between England and France a certain amount of basic respect would be required.



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Eric Elwood 4 hours ago
Gio Aplon fears Erasmus decision may see Boks suffer same fate as fallen football giants

Happy to keep my distance. Keep yours.

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DS 5 hours ago
Feinberg-Mngomezulu criticism: 'That's certainly something Rassie Erasmus will look at'

Dobson is doing the right thing bringing him off the bench but maybe he should try getting him on earlier at inside centre to Matthee. But maybe he shouldn't bother to play him in this twisted EPRC kak if there's going to be rubbish pommie ref ‘teams’. At Bok level he's already shown that he's very competent at flyhalf probably thanks to the quality of the team generally where he doesn't have to try too hard.

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