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After a two-match tour of South Africa, the Force are back at home and strongly favoured to defeat a Lions outfit coming off a heavy defeat to the Waratahs. Join us for live scores and commentary from 7:30pm AEST.
The Force will be hoping that last week’s loss to the Stormers was merely a bump on the road to the Super Rugby finals.
A victory today against the Lions will go a long way to getting the Force back on track. The Perth-based club finds itself in seventh position following last week’s defeat to the struggling Stormers.
After coming off a strong win over the Cheetahs, the Force were unable to secure back-to-back wins in South Africa and now find themselves placed in a mid-table logjam alongside the Hurricanes, Crusaders, Waratahs and Highlanders.
If several results go their way, the Force could find themselves as high as second on the ladder if they manage to secure a bonus-point victory over the Lions.
A loss tonight, however, would be a severe blow to the Force’s finals aspirations. It would be a poor way to end what has been a very good season.
If the Force hope to get back to winning ways, they need to respect possession a lot better than what they did last week against the Stormers.
On the few occasions that the Force went on the attack, they invariably dropped the ball or took the wrong option in attack. This was especially evident when the Force had a two-man advantage late in the second half, but still struggled to penetrate a well organised Stormers defence.
Regardless of last week’s effort, the Force have often played their best rugby at home and should be far too strong for the Lions tonight.
Force by 19