Rugby Union

The Price of Professionalism

With news of former Wallaby Justin Harrison being suspended from playing and coaching Rugby for eight months after admitting taking cocaine while under contract with Bath RFC brings into the spot light the problems facing Rugby Union now that the

Spent Force?

So Giteau, Mitchell, Staniforth and Valentine are leaving, as are McIsaac (retiring) and Ben Castle, and the doomsayers say the Force are seasons away from extinction, surely not? However if there is any truth in the whisper that the original

Did the Western Force’s win over the Tahs save John Mitchell?

It was Cameron Shepherd against his old club who gave John Mitchell’s Emirates Western Force a clean sweep against the Australian Super Rugby franchises in 2009. His man of the match performance kept the Force’s slim finals hopes alive, and

Beer on Good Friday

Another good reason to watch the Emirates Western Force take on the Hurricanes at 5.30pm WST on Friday 10 April is that it will be the only pace in Perth apart from the airport where you will be able to