World Series Rugby was a series of rugby union exhibition matches played in 2018 between the Perth -based Western Force and opposition teams from the Asia-Pacific region. It was the forerunner of Global Rapid Rugby , which commenced in 2019. World Series Rugby was created after the Western Force team was axed from the Australian Super Rugby conference at the end of the 2017 season.[1]
Team details FB 15 Peter Grant RW 14 Rod Davies OC 13 Marcel Brache IC 12 Rod Iona LW 11 Brad Lacey FH 10 Andrew Deegan SH 9 Ian Prior (c ) N8 8 Brynard Stander OF 7 Chris Alcock BF 6 Trevin Feris RL 5 Johan Bardoul LL 4 Fergus Lee-Warner TP 3 Chris Heiberg HK 2 Heath Tessmann (VC) LP 1 Harry Lloyd Replacements: RE 16 Alifeleti Kaitu'u RE 17 Tom Sheminant RE 18 Kieran Longbottom RE 19 Leon Power RE 20 Harrison Orr RE 21 Ryan Louwrens RE 22 AJ Alatimu RE 23 Clay Uyen Coach: Tim Sampson
FB 15 RW 14 OC 13 IC 12 LW 11 FH 10 SH 9 N8 8 OF 7 BF 6 RL 5 LL 4 TP 3 HK 2 LP 1 Replacements: RE 16 RE 17 RE 18 RE 19 RE 20 RE 21 RE 22 RE 23 Coach: Toutai Kefu
Team details FB 15 Clay Uyen RW 14 Rod Davies OC 13 Marcel Brache IC 12 Rod Iona LW 11 Brad Lacey FH 10 Andrew Deegan SH 9 Ian Prior (c ) N8 8 Brynard Stander OF 7 Chris Alcock BF 6 Trevin Feris RL 5 Johan Bardoul LL 4 Fergus Lee-Warner TP 3 Chris Heiberg HK 2 Alifeleti Kaitu'u LP 1 Harry Lloyd Replacements: RE 16 Harry Soble RE 17 Tom Sheminant RE 18 Kieran Longbottom RE 19 Leon Power RE 20 Harrison Orr RE 21 Elliot Turner RE 22 AJ Alatimu RE 23 Henry Taefu Coach: Tim Sampson
FB 15 RW 14 OC 13 IC 12 LW 11 FH 10 SH 9 N8 8 OF 7 BF 6 RL 5 LL 4 TP 3 HK 2 LP 1 Replacements: RE 16 RE 17 RE 18 RE 19 RE 20 RE 21 RE 22 RE 23 Coach: Toutai Kefu
Team details FB 15 Peter Grant RW 14 Rod Davies OC 13 Henry Taefu IC 12 AJ Alatimu LW 11 Brad Lacey FH 10 Andrew Deegan SH 9 Ian Prior (c ) N8 8 Brynard Stander OF 7 Chris Alcock BF 6 Tevin Ferris RL 5 Johan Bardoul LL 4 Fergus Lee-Warner TP 3 Chris Heiberg HK 2 Heath Tessmann LP 1 Harry Lloyd Replacements: RE 16 Feleti Kaitu’u RE 17 Markus Vanzati RE 18 Tom Sheminant RE 19 Leon Power RE 20 Harrison Orr RE 21 Issak Fines-Leleiwasa RE 22 George Pisi RE 23 Clay Uyen Coach: Tim Sampson
Team details FB 15 Peter Grant RW 14 Masivesi Dakuwaqa OC 13 Brad Lacey IC 12 Rod Davies LW 11 Brad Lacey FH 10 Andrew Deegan SH 9 Ian Prior (c ) N8 8 Brynard Stander OF 7 Chris Alcock BF 6 Henry Stowers RL 5 Jeremy Thrush LL 4 Fergus Lee-Warner TP 3 Chris Heiberg HK 2 Heath Tessmann LP 1 Harry Lloyd Replacements: RE 16 Feleti Kaitu’u RE 17 Cameron Orr RE 18 Tom Sheminant RE 19 Leon Power RE 20 Johan Bardoul RE 21 Tevin Ferris RE 22 Harrison Orr RE 23 Issak Fines-Leleiwasa RE 24 Henry Taefu RE 25 Clay Uyen Coach: Tim Sampson
FB 15 RW 14 OC 13 IC 12 LW 11 FH 10 SH 9 N8 8 OF 7 BF 6 RL 5 LL 4 TP 3 HK 2 LP 1 Replacements: RE 16 RE 17 RE 18 RE 19 RE 20 RE 21 RE 22 RE 23 Coach: Scott Robertson
14 July 2018 Force 33–5 Samoa A nib Stadium , Perth 19:00 AWST (UTC+8 ) Try: Stowers (2) 14' m 23', Stander 7' Alcock 47', Heiberg 72'Con: Grant (3/4) 8' 24' 48' McGregor (1/1) 73'Cards: Ferris (YC) 68' Report Try: Lolo 68' mCon: Malielegaoi (0/1) Attendance: 11,678
Team details FB 15 Peter Grant RW 14 Masivesi Dakuwaqa OC 13 Marcel Brache IC 12 Henry Taefu LW 11 Brad Lacey FH 10 Andrew Deegan SH 9 Ian Prior (c ) N8 8 Brynard Stander OF 7 Chris Alcock BF 6 Henry Stowers RL 5 Jeremy Thrush LL 4 Johan Bardoul TP 3 Tom Sheminant HK 2 Feleti Kaitu’u LP 1 Harry Lloyd Replacements: RE 16 Heath Tessmann RE 17 Cameron Orr RE 18 Chris Heiberg RE 19 Leon Power RE 20 Tevin Ferris RE 21 Issak Fines-Leleiwasa RE 22 AJ Alatimu RE 23 Jack McGregor Coach: Tim Sampson
FB 15 John Vaili RW 14 Ivan Safua OC 13 Jay Malielegaoi IC 12 Gordon Lemision LW 11 Paulo Scanlan FH 10 Mesala Seumalo SH 9 Morman Uili N8 8 Fagu Malloy OF 7 Lio Lolo BF 6 Levi Asifa'amatala RL 5 Ikifusi Matamu LL 4 Mikaele Tapili TP 3 Ueselani Aimaasu HK 2 Afa Aiono (c) LP 1 Siliva Tapu Replacements: RE 16 Leo Brown RE 17 Turi Uini RE 22 Alofaaga Sao RE 19 Elia Togitele RE 20 Steve Tuiuli RE 21 Pupi Ah See RE 22 Henry Suauu RE 23 Vaifagaloa Mamoe Coach: Brian Lima
10 August 2018 Force 45–24 Hong Kong Dragons nib Stadium , Perth 18:30 AWST (UTC+8 ) Try: McGregor (2) 3' c, 21' c Uyen (2) 35' m, 63' m H. Orr 49' cPenalty try 69' Scoble 80' cCon: Grant (3/5) 3', 22', 50' Stander (1/1) 80' Report: Details [4] Try: Hrstich 28' c Andrews 54' m McCormick-Houston 73' c Warner 78' mCon: De Theirry (1/1) 29' Keith (1/3) 74' Attendance: 14,018
Team details FB 15 Jack McGregor RW 14 Clay Uyen OC 13 Marcel Brache IC 12 Henry Taefu LW 11 Brad Lacey FH 10 Peter Grant SH 9 Ian Prior (c ) N8 8 Brynard Stander OF 7 Tevin Ferris BF 6 Harrison Orr RL 5 Leon Power LL 4 Jeremy Thrush TP 3 Chris Heiberg HK 2 Heath Tessmann LP 1 Cameron Orr Replacements: RE 16 Harry Scoble RE 17 Markus Vanzati RE 18 Kieran Longbottom RE 19 Fergus Lee-Warner RE 20 Henry Stowers RE 21 Issak Fines-Leleiwasa RE 22 AJ Alatimu RE 23 Rodney Iona RE 24 George Pisi Coach: Tim Sampson
FB 15 Casey Stone RW 14 Charlie Higson-Smith OC 13 Tyler Spitz IC 12 Ben Axten-Burrett LW 11 Sam Purvis FH 10 Nathan De Theirry SH 9 Bryn Phillips N8 8 Josh Hrstich OF 7 Josh Dowsing BF 6 James Sawyer RL 5 Craig Lodge LL 4 Fin Field TP 3 Grant Kemp HK 2 Mitch Andrews LP 1 Tau Kolomatangi Replacements: RE 16 Johnnie McCormick-Houston RE 17 Ben Higgins RE 18 Callum McFeat Smith RE 19 Chris Allman RE 20 Chris Calanza RE 21 Ben Willis RE 22 Ruan Du Plooy RE 23 Rob Keith RE 24 Lewis Warner RE 25 Callum Tam Coach: Leigh Jones
17 August 2018 Force 50–45 Wild Knights nib Stadium , Perth 18:30 AWST (UTC+8 ) Try: Brache 2 Stander 2 McGregor Lacey Thrush MillarCon: Prior 7Pen: Prior Report: Try: Fukuoka PT' Uchida Hoire Millar YamasawaCon: Barnes 4 YamasawaPen: Barnes Attendance: 16,000
Team details FB 15 Jack McGregor RW 14 Clay Uyen OC 13 Marcel Brache IC 12 Henry Taefu LW 11 Brad Lacey FH 10 Andrew Deegan SH 9 Ian Prior (C) N8 8 Brynard Stander OF 7 Tevin Ferris BF 6 Harrison Orr RL 5 Jeremy Thrush LL 4 Leon Power TP 3 Chris Heiberg HK 2 Heath Tessmann (VC) LP 1 Cameron Orr Replacements: RE 16 Feleti Kaitu'u RE 17 Harry Lloyd RE 18 Kieran Longbottom RE 19 Fergus Lee-Warner RE 20 Henry Stowers RE 21 Issak Fines RE 22 Peter Grant RE 23 George Pisi Coach: Tim Sampson
Country Stockman tour [ edit ] Following the 2018 World Series Rugby season, the Australian Country Stockman Rugby team undertook a two match tour to Perth to play the Western Force and Western Force Under-19 sides.
20 August 2018 Force Under-19 19–36 Stockman Rugby Wannaroo Rugby Club 7.00 pm AWST (UTC+8 ) Try: Tizzano (2) 45' m, 80' c Foster-Hall 49' cCon: J. Hardy (2/3) 46', 80' Report: Try: Gibbon (2) 20' c, 32' m Dorrough (3) 24' c, 58' m, 74' c Bulley 27' mCon: Dorrough (3/5) 20', 25', 75'
25 August 2018 Force 76–0 Stockman Rugby Rockingham Rugby Club 6.00 pm AWST (UTC+8 ) Try: Alcock (2) 5' m, 42' c Lee-Warner (2) 26' c, 53' c Uyen (2) 50' c, 62' m, P. Grant 34' c Fines 36' c, H. Orr 57' c B. Grant 71' c, Lloyd 79' cCon: P. Grant (7/9) 27', 35', 43', 46', 51', 54', 58' Alatimu (2/2) 72', 80' Report:
Team details FB 15 Jack Hardy RW 14 Clay Uyen OC 13 George Pisi IC 12 AJ Alatimu LW 11 Brad Lacey FH 10 Peter Grant SH 9 Issak Fines N8 8 Tobias Hoskins OF 7 Carlo Tizzano BF 6 Chris Alcock RL 5 Fergus Lee-Warner LL 4 Harrison Orr TP 3 Kieran Longbottom HK 2 Harry Scoble LP 1 Markus Vanzati Replacements: RE 16 Feleti Kaitu'u RE 17 Harry Lloyd RE 18 Cameron Orr RE 19 Ben Grant RE 20 Tevin Ferris RE 21 Elliot Turner RE 22 Louie David RE 23 Sheldon Tarawa Coach: Tim Sampson
FB 15 Finn Mc Kee RW 14 Alex Gibbon OC 13 Landon Hayes IC 12 Ben Cotton LW 11 Billy Bulley FH 10 Fred Durrough SH 9 Vincent Quigley N8 8 Marcus Carbone OF 7 Josateki Murray BF 6 Luke Papworth RL 5 Tom Nowlan LL 4 Marcus Christenson TP 3 Rhys Brodie HK 2 Bart Ritchie LP 1 Oscar Cunningham Replacements: RE 16 Dane Le Rougetel RE 17 Tom Court RE 18 Cameron McKerrow RE 19 Rory Collins RE 20 Andrew Selwood RE 21 Trent De Vere RE 22 Jack Radford RE 23 Zac Campton RE 24 Paul Mackin Coach: Guy Shepherdson
Former teams Seasons World Series Rugby