{"id":162564,"date":"2025-09-23T04:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/162564\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T04:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:08:10","slug":"western-force-bring-in-brad-harris-as-new-defence-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/162564\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Force bring in Brad Harris as new defence coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Western <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/force\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Force<\/a> have announced Brad Harris as their new defence coach, with the club hoping the experienced rugby mind\u2019s success can follow him to Perth.<\/p>\n<p>Harris will join the club for pre-season in early October after wrapping up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/rugby-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby World Cup<\/a> campaign with the Manusina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/samoa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samoa<\/a> team as a technical advisor.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0has previously worked with the Melbourne <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/rebels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rebels<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/fijian-drua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fijian Drua<\/a> in Super Rugby, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/fiji\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fiji<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/georgia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia<\/a> in the Test arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cBrad has a real passion for defence. He backs that passion up with a strong technical knowledge.\u201d Force head coach Simon Cron said of the new appointment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cHe has positive existing relationships with our playing group. There are 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<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cBrad also brings a lot of experience, which allows us to share the load within the coaching team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cHolistically, 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<p>Harris joins former All Black <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/george-bridge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Bridge<\/a> as a notable new face in Perth ahead of the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/super-rugby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cI\u2019m incredibly excited to join the Force,\u201d Harris said. \u201cFirst and foremost, Perth is a wonderful city and a great place to live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\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<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\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 announced Brad Harris as their new defence coach, with the club hoping the experienced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-162564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162564","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=162564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}