An NRC alumni, Harris coached the University of Canberra Vikings to their first grand final in 2015.<\/p>\n
Harris has since enjoyed multiple stints overseas, working as forwards coach for Georgia for three years, before spending five years in the Fijian Rugby program, working with the Flying Fijians, the U20 side, the Fijian Drua and the Fiji Sevens.<\/p>\n
He was part of the coaching staff that took the Drua to two successive finals in Super Rugby Pacific, and also was part of the staff that took the Flying Fijians to the quarter finals at the 2023 Men’s Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n
Harris would replicate his finals achievement when he joined the Melbourne Rebels in 2024 as their defence coach, being part of their maiden finals appearance.<\/p>\n
Under Brad Harris’ stewardship at the Australian Barbarians in 2015, the side clean swept the New Zealand Heartland XV across the Tasman. Source: Getty <\/p>\n
He has since transitioned into a technical advisor role for Manusina Samoa during their 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign, also working across the Australia XV program last year.<\/p>\n
Harris’ appointment comes at a perfect time for the Force, with the coach linking up with the club following the conclusion of Super Rugby AUS. <\/p>\n
Head coach Simon Cron believes the experienced coach can bring a significant injection into the Force’s defence, and hopes his addition can strike gold a third time, and get the WA side to their maiden finals appearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrad has a real passion for defence,” Cron said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“He backs that passion up with a strong technical knowledge.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has positive existing relationships with our playing group. There\u2019s a number of players within our environment that he\u2019s coached and worked with before which is important. All of those players have given glowing endorsements of him.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrad also brings a lot of experience which allows us to share the load within the coaching team.<\/p>\n
\u201cWholistically, his philosophy is aligned with what we\u2019re looking to do with the team. I think he\u2019ll pick up where the team is and continue to drive high standards and expectations of the players.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m incredibly excited to join the Force,\u201d Harris added in an official statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst and foremost, Perth is a wonderful city and a great place to live.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been exciting talking to Simon Cron and Chris Goodman about what they\u2019re building at the Force. I\u2019m also excited about where this squad can go having observed the improvements in the program over the last few years and edging closer to finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve coached three Super Rugby campaigns with two clubs and reached the finals twice, so I\u2019m looking forward to building on that experience here and helping this group take the next step.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Western Force have filled the huge shoes left by Will Eggleston with the appointment of experienced coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,11229],"class_list":["post-162278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-western-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162278","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=162278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}