{"id":156012,"date":"2025-09-20T06:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T06:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/156012\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T06:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T06:09:07","slug":"donaldson-returns-as-western-force-battle-act-brumbies-in-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/156012\/","title":{"rendered":"Donaldson returns as Western Force battle ACT Brumbies in Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">LIVE: The Western Force will look to make it two from two as they host the ACT Brumbies at Tompkins Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Force sit on top of the Super Rugby AUS ladder after a bonus point win against the NSW Waratahs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@rugbycomau\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">WATCH BELOW FROM 4:00 pm AEST\/2:00 pm AWST LIVE and on-demand on Rugby.com.au.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Star playmaker Ben Donaldson is a late inclusion for the hosts, out to press his claims for a Wallabies recall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">As for the Brumbies, they are desperate to rebound following a first-up defeat to the Queensland Reds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Australia U20 stars Shane Wilcox and Lipina Ata\u00a0come into the side, with fellow young gun Tevita Alatini set to start in the front-row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The entire competition will be broadcast\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/rugbycomau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">live and free via the rugby.com.au YouTube channel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby.com.au\/match-centre\/7868cf745a272a885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Click here for the Force-Brumbies MATCH CENTRE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Saturday September 20 2:00pm AWST \u2013 Force v Brumbies at Tompkins Park, Perth, ad-free, live and on demand on Stan Sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">FORCE (1-15):\u00a0Marley Pearce, Albert Alcock, Tiaan Tauakipulu, Mitch Watts, Darcy Swain (c), Will Harris, Kane Koteka, Vaiolini Ekuasi; Henry Robertson, Max Burey, Viliami Fine, Kurtley Beale, George Poolman, Justin Landman, Mac Grealy<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Wes Thomas, Max Sawers, Sean Paranihi, Max Johnson, Titi Nofoagatotoa, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, Ben Donaldson, Ronan Leahy<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">BRUMBIES (1-15):\u00a0Lington Ieli , Liam Bowron, Tevita Alatini, Lachlan Shaw, Harvey Cordukes, Toby MacPherson, Luke Reimer (c), Rory Scott, Klayton Thorn, Declan Meredith, Ollie Sapsford, David Feliuai, Hudson Creighton, Kadin Pritchard, Shane Wilcox<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Lipina Ata, Tauati Chan-Tung, Rhys van Nek, Tuaina Taii Tualima, Judah Saumaisue, Dan Nelson, Joe Dillon, Jarrah McLeod<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIVE: The Western Force will look to make it two from two as they host the ACT Brumbies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[58864,64,63,760,85,69535,11229],"class_list":["post-156012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-act-brumbies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-super-rugby-aus","tag-western-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}