Western Force Women
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2023}}
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| location = {{nowrap|Perth, Western Australia}}
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| coach = Dylan Parsons
| captain =Trilleen Pomare
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| url = https://westernforce.rugby/
| league = Super Rugby Women's
| season = 2024
| position = 3rd
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The Western Force Women are an Australian rugby union team that competes annually in the Super W competition, and are based in Perth, Western Australia. They have competed in every edition of Super W since its official launch in 2018. They played under the name RugbyWA from 2019 to 2020.
History
The team played as the Western Force Women in the inaugural season of the Super W competition, finishing third overall.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-19 |title=Super W: RugbyWA Women unveil new squad and old-school look |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/01/19/rugbywa-women |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=www.rugby.com.au |language=en}} They played under the name RugbyWA during the 2019 and 2020 seasons after their re-branding. The side returned to their "roots" by wearing the traditional black and gold state colours.
They returned to playing under the Western Force name in 2021 as a newly structured Super W team, in an effort to increases support for the women's game in Western Australia.{{Cite web |last=Conway |first=Bryce |date=2021-04-01 |title=Western Force launch Super W team |url=https://westernforce.rugby/news/[...slug |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=westernforce.rugby |language=en}} With RugbyWA administering the "operational and logistical aspects in a collaborative approach". The Western Force did not complete the 2021 season but opted to pull out of the Super W competition after the first round due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in New South Wales.{{Cite web |last=Chadwick |first=Justin |date=2021-06-27 |title=Force pull out of Super W due to COVID |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7315385/force-pull-out-of-super-w-due-to-covid/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=The Canberra Times |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Vakil |first=Karina |date=2021-06-26 |title=FORCE WITHDRAW FROM SUPER W 2021 |url=https://westernforce.rugby/news/force-withdraw-from-super-w-2021 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=westernforce.rugby |language=en}}
Current squad
On 29 January 2025, the squad for the 2025 Super Rugby Women's season was announced.{{Cite web |last=Williamson |first=Nathan |date=2025-01-29 |title=Super Rugby Women's squads confirmed for 2025 season |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/super-rugby-womens-squads-2025-season-waratahs-brumbies-reds-western-force-drua2025128 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=www.rugby.com.au |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Somerford |first=Ben |date=2025-01-29 |title=Two additions as Force completes squad for 2025 Super W season |url=https://westernforce.rugby/news/two-additions-force-completes-squad-2025-super-w-2025129 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=westernforce.rugby |language=en}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:70%"
! colspan="3" |Western Force Women Super W squad |
| valign="top"
| Props
Hookers
Locks
| Loose Forwards
Scrum-halves
Fly-halves
| Centres
Outside Backs
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| colspan="3" style="height: 10px;" | |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, ST indicated short-term cover and TS indicates a training squad player. {{notelist|group="Squad"}} |
Season standings
Super Rugby Women's
:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:20px;" |Year ! style="width:20px;" |Pos ! style="width:20px;" |Pld ! style="width:20px;" |W ! style="width:20px;" |D ! style="width:20px;" |L ! style="width:20px;" |F ! style="width:20px;" |A ! style="width:40px;" |+/- ! style="width:20px;" |BP ! style="width:20px;" |Pts ! text-align:left; |{{spaces|1}} Play-offs |
| 2025
|4th |4 |1 |1 |2 |107 |133 |–26 |1 |7 | align="left" |Lost to NSW Waratahs in semi-final |
| 2024
|3rd |5 |3 |0 |2 |124 |126 |–2 |1 |13 | align="left" | Lost to Fijian Drua in playoff |
| 2023
|5th |5 |2 |0 |3 |77 |132 |–55 |0 |8 | align="left" |Did not compete |
| 2022
|6th |4 |0 |0 |4 |57 |146 |–89 |0 |0 | align="left" |Did not compete |
| 2021
| colspan="10" |Withdrew from competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | align="left" |Did not compete |
| 2020
|5th |4 |0 |0 |4 |41 |184 |–143 |2 |2 | align="left" |Did not compete |
| 2019
|4th |4 |1 |0 |3 |53 |86 |–33 |1 |6 | align="left" |Did not compete |
| 2018
|3rd |4 |2 |0 |2 |154 |87 | +67 |2 |10 | align="left" |Did not compete |
Coaching Staff
- Head Coach: Dylan Parsons
- Assistant Coach: Chris Heiberg
- Assistant Coach: Dwayne Grace
- Female High Performance Pathways Manager: Claudia Bell
References
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External links
- [https://westernforce.rugby/ Official website]
{{Super W}}
{{Western Force}}
Category:2017 establishments in Australia
Category:Rugby clubs established in 2017
Category:Women's rugby union teams in Australia
Category:Rugby union teams in Western Australia