{"id":204862,"date":"2025-10-11T06:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T06:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/204862\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T06:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T06:55:07","slug":"force-u16s-up-to-second-with-strong-away-win-over-brumbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/204862\/","title":{"rendered":"Force U16s up to second with strong away win over Brumbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Western<br \/>\nForce U16s are up to second on the Super Rugby Men\u2019s U16s ladder following a<br \/>\n29-19 victory away to the ACT Brumbies in Canberra on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Force triumphed<br \/>\nfive tries to three, with Kalamunda winger Tyrese Wainohu opening the scoring,<br \/>\nbefore tries to locks Oscar Sio and Enzo Kyle, followed by hookers Jamie Mackenzie and<br \/>\nHarry Jenkins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">In fine<br \/>\nconditions with a strong wind at Brumbies HQ, the Force performed strongly led by<br \/>\ntheir forward pack, with back-rower Bareek Kleine-Deters Ausage and Kalani Onno<br \/>\nstanding out, although the latter got into trouble with the referee late on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Generally,<br \/>\nthe Force\u2019s discipline was a key factor with the Brumbies having several yellow<br \/>\ncards, while the visitors\u2019 kicking game was shrewd in the breeze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Force<br \/>\nled 24-7 at the break after scoring four tries to one, but the Brumbies\u2019 two<br \/>\nsecond-half tries denied the visitors a bonus point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The result<br \/>\nmeans the Force have nine points from three games, with NSW Waratahs \u2013 who won<br \/>\n54-45 over the Queensland Reds \u2013 well clear on top of the standings at the<br \/>\nconclusion of Round 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Force<br \/>\nare next in action in an all-important clash against the third-placed Reds (5<br \/>\npoints from 2 games) at Success Regional Sporting Facility from 1pm next Sunday<br \/>\n19 October, followed by the opening game of the North vs South Women\u2019s Series<br \/>\nfrom 3pm at the Southern Lions venue (free entry).<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1098619771856395\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Join the Facebook event for the Force U16s next game<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The visitors<br \/>\ntook the lead early after Brums winger Cayden Cross was binned for a slap down<br \/>\non a Force attacking opportunity. From the ensuing lineout, impressive Nedlands<br \/>\nback-rower Lachlan Ilott drove to the line, before scrum-half Daniel Kroczek-Crack<br \/>\nspread right for Kalamunda winger Wainohu to score.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Brumbies<br \/>\npressed, but the Force produced excellent maul defence to force them to lose<br \/>\nthe ball forward within 5m of the try line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Force\u2019s<br \/>\nsecond try came after a strong Onno carry, before Kalamunda second-rower Oscar Sio<br \/>\nswooped for his second try of the campaign. Mandurah\u2019s Kaiawha Heke nailed the<br \/>\ntough conversion in windy conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Brumbies<br \/>\nreplied from a free-flowing move down the right as Oliver Henderson shifted to<br \/>\nWilliam Hall to score in the right corner, their first five-pointer of the<br \/>\nseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The home<br \/>\nside were reduced to 14 again, with Jack Maguire binned, in the lead-up to the<br \/>\nForce\u2019s third try with Kroczek-Crack finding Mandurah lock Enzo Kyle to score.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Onno continued<br \/>\nhis dominant first half with a strong drive into the 22, before captain Kleine-Deters<br \/>\nAusage was held up over the try line. Wests Scarborough hooker Mackenzie scored<br \/>\non the back of a rolling maul shortly after to lead 24-7 at half-time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Force<br \/>\npulled further ahead when Scots College hooker Jenkins crossed following a<br \/>\nlineout maul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The<br \/>\nBrumbies kept the pressure on, with Will Bullock dotting after Cross\u2019 excellent<br \/>\nrun down the left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Onno managed<br \/>\na breakdown steal, before being yellow carded minutes later. The Brums also had<br \/>\nHenderson binned for a late shot on Joondalup winger Marco Nel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">With five<br \/>\nminutes to play, Cross gave the contest a pulse with a scorching run down the<br \/>\nleft edge to score a converted try for 29-17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">In the<br \/>\ndying minutes, Onno was handed a red card for his second yellow after an off-the-ball<br \/>\nscuffle, initiated by the Brumbies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Force<br \/>\npressed for a sixth try but Elia Vodovodo\u2019s error ended any hopes of another to<br \/>\nearn a bonus point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1098619771856395\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Join the Facebook event for the Force U16s next game<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">ACT<br \/>\nBrumbies 19<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Tries: Hall<br \/>\n(23\u2019), Bullock (40\u2019), Cross (66\u2019)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Conversions:<br \/>\nHenderson 1\/2, Callaway 1\/1<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Penalties:<br \/>\nNil<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Western<br \/>\nForce 29<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Tries:<br \/>\nWainohu (7\u2019), Sio (20\u2019), Kyle (26\u2019), Mackenzie (32\u2019), Jenkins (38\u2019)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Conversions:<br \/>\nHeke 2\/5<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Penalties:<br \/>\nNil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Western Force U16s are up to second on the Super Rugby Men\u2019s U16s ladder following a 29-19&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,11229],"class_list":["post-204862","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\/204862","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=204862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}