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Western Force
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Match Complete
Blues
22
| B. Abra |  | 75 | ||
| J. Thrush | | 62 | ||
| 29 | | A. Lam | ||
| 22 |  | B. Barrett | ||
| 21 | | A. Ioane | ||
| 19 | | B. Barrett | ||
| 17 | | S. Darry | ||
| 12 |  | B. Barrett | ||
| M. Mataele | | 8 | ||
| B. Kuenzle | | 3 |
| 3 | Tries | 3 | ||
| 0 | Conversions | 2 | ||
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 1 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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Super Rugby Pacific Round 11 continues as the Western Force host the Auckland Blues at HBF Park, Perth in their first match against New Zealand opposition this season. Join The Roar for live scores from 10:00pm AEST.
After missing out on playing in Round 10 because of a COVID outbreak, the Force will be hoping that their side is more on the rested side of things than recovering side as they take on competition leaders, the Blues.
The Perth side have been able to welcome back crucial experience in the form of Wallabies Feleti Kaitu’u, Izack Rodda, and Tom Robertson. Rapid scrum half Issak Fines-Leleiwasa and exciting fly half Reesjan Pasitoa will need to be on top form if they are going to find ways to unlock the Blues defence. The Force will need to score plenty of tries to stand a chance of winning and the half backs are going to need to set the tone for the west coast side.
The Blues meanwhile are welcoming back their own internationals with seven All Blacks in the match day 23 including the dangerous Caleb Clarke and key forwards Akira Ioane and Dalton Papalii.
These seven internationals are part of 11 overall changes to the competition leaders. In the backs the only players to remain in the same positions as they played in last week’s win over the Drua are Beauden Barrett and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck who will be excited about the opportunity of running at the Force’s defence who have struggled in recent weeks.
The Force have played bravely this season and been close to a number of wins over their Australian opposition. Unfortunately close isn’t the same as winning and they’ve only managed two victories so far. With a series of games against the Kiwi sides now on the schedule, the Perth side will be worried that they will be on the wrong side of some big scorelines.
Venue: HBF Park, Perth
Kick-off: 10:00pm (AEST)
Live stream: Stan Sport
Betting: Force $9.50, Blues $1.06 – odds via PlayUp
Force (1-15): Tom Robertson, Feleti Kaitu’u (c), Santiago Medrano, Ryan McCauley, Izack Rodda, Fergus Lee-Warner, Kane Koteka, Ollie Callan, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, Reesjan Pasitoa, Manasa Mataele, Bayley Kuenzle, Kyle Godwin, Toni Pulu, Jake Strachan/Jake McIntyre.
Reserves: Andrew Ready, Bo Abra, Greg Holmes, Jeremy Thrush, Tim Anstee, Alex Masibaka, Ian Prior, Richard Kahui.
Blues (1-15): Alex Hodgman, Kurt Eklund, Ofa Tuungafasi, Luke Romano, Sam Darry, Akira Ioane, Dalton Papalii (c), Anton Segner, Finlay Christie, Beauden Barrett, Caleb Clarke, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Bryce Heem, AJ Lam, Zarn Sullivan.
Reserves: Ricky Riccitelli, Karl Tu’inukuafe, Marcel Renata, James Tucker, Adrian Choat, Taufa Funaki, Tanielu Tele’a, Jacob Tatumaitavuki-Kneepkens.
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