The Western
Force has made it two wins from two Swyftx Super Rugby Women’s pre-season trial
games with an impressive 40-15 victory away to the ACT Brumbies on Saturday.

The Force
spent the week in Canberra for Saturday’s clash after a one-sided victory over
NSW club Manly Marlins in Sydney last Sunday.

The hit-out
against a fellow Super W side, a fortnight out from Round 1 of the season
proper, provided a sterner test but the Force – who made six changes to the
starting 15 – started strong and never let up.

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The Force
raced to a two-try lead early, holding a 21-10 advantage at half-time, before
adding three second-half tries, led by a Sera Naiqama double.

The result
provides a strong platform for the Force ahead of the new campaign, where the
side has the Round 1 bye before travelling to face the Fijian Drua away on
Saturday 13 June.

Nami Dickson
dotted inside the first 10 minutes, before full-back Aiysha Wigley – in her
second game back from long-term injury – added a second.

Wallaroos
half-back Samantha Wood converted both for a 14-0 lead inside quarter of an
hour.

The
Brumbies responded to make it 14-5, before ex-ACT winger Halley Derera extended
the Force’s lead with a converted try after 25 minutes. ACT scored again to make
it 21-10 at the interval.

Second-rower
Naiqama quickly blunted any Brumbies’ hopes of a second-half rally with a try
early after half-time.

Kalamunda hooker
Hera-Barb Malcolm Heke added another five-pointer, converted by Wood to make it
33-10.

Naiqama
grabbed her second with Wood’s conversion extending the lead to 40-10 before a
Brumbies consolation.

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Western
Force 40

Tries: N.Dickson,
Wigley, Derera, Naiqama 2, Malcolm Heke

Conversions:
Wood 5/6

Penalties:
Nil

ACT
Brumbies 15

@ Brumbies
HQ, Canberra

Full Western Force 2026 Super W fixture

Round – Date, Time (all WST) – Fixture – Venue

Rd 1 – Bye

Rd 2 – Saturday 13 June, 10:05am WST – Fijian Drua vs Western Force – King
Charles Park, Nadi

Rd 3 – Saturday 20 June, 2:05pm WST – Western Force vs Queensland Reds –
Wanneroo Rugby Union Club, Perth

Rd 4 – Saturday 27 June, 2:05pm WST – Western Force vs NSW Waratahs – Palmyra
Rugby Club, Perth

Rd 5 – Sunday 5 July, 12:05pm WST – ACT Brumbies vs Western Force – Viking
Park, Canberra

Semi-finals – Friday-Sunday 17-19 July

Grand Final – Friday-Sunday 24-26 July

Women’s Super Rugby Champions Final – Saturday 1 August – Super Rugby Women’s
champion v Super Rugby Aupiki champion – Leichhardt Oval, Sydney