{"id":351040,"date":"2025-12-16T05:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/351040\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T05:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:15:08","slug":"rugby-world-cup-wallaroo-joins-western-force-after-breakout-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/351040\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Cup Wallaroo joins Western Force after breakout season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wallaroos hooker Katalina Amosa<\/a> has signed with a new club for the 2026 Super Rugby Women\u2019s campaign, joining the Western Force after a breakout two-season stint with the ACT Brumbies.<\/p>\n

Amosa, who is the younger sister of Wallabies hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa<\/a>, debuted for the Wallaroos against Fijiana in May and was later selected to represent Australia<\/a> at the 2025 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup<\/a> in England.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old made nine appearances for the Wallaroos in 2025, featuring in every Test except for two. Amosa played 46 minutes and scored one try in Australia\u2019s record-setting 73-0 win over Samoa<\/a> to start their World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n

Coach Jo Yapp reshuffled the front row for the Wallaroos\u2019 decisive pool stage match against the USA<\/a> Women\u2019s Eagles, with Tania Naden<\/a> promoted to the run-on side at hooker. Amosa came off the bench in that match, with the two teams held to a 31-all draw in a thriller.<\/p>\n

Adiana Talakai and Naden were preferred for the team\u2019s final pool match against tournament hosts England, before Amosa returned to the fold in the quarter-finals. Amosa played 57 minutes off the pine in a defeat to eventual finalists Canada<\/a> in Bristol.<\/p>\n

\u201cKat is a really exciting signing. She had a breakout Wallaroos season last year,\u201d Force head coach Dylan Parsons said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s still experiencing the change in position from back row to hooker. Kat is learning her craft as a hooker\u00a0and still has a\u00a0huge amount of potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re already seeing\u00a0some really good changes since she has arrived, which is exciting\u00a0signs\u00a0for what she can do at the Force.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amosa began playing rugby sevens in 2016 before shifting to the 15-player format two years later. The front-rower would later debut for the Brumbies in 2024, but was sidelined by a significant knee injury that season.<\/p>\n

The Southern Districts product returned to Super Rugby Women\u2019s earlier this year, starting twice in four appearances. Amosa was rewarded with a call-up to the national squad, emerging as a bolter for Wallaroos selection ahead of the World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cKat\u2019s a great person and fits into our Maali DNA. She\u2019s already integrated into the environment and fitted in well with the girls,\u201d Parsons added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is another exciting signing where an international-level player is choosing the Western Force to be the program to help support their goals and ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Force have announced nine re-signing updates in recent weeks, starting with the key trio of Michaela Leonard<\/a>, Samantha Wood and Nicole Ledington. New Zealand-born fly-half Grace Freeman will return, with Brookyln Teki Joyce and Ngamihi Monk also inking fresh deals.<\/p>\n

Front-rowers Hera-Barb Malcolm Heke<\/a>, Braxton Walker and Alapeta Ngauamo<\/a> were the most recent players confirmed to have re-signed with the club. The Force are looking to build on a promising season in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wallaroos hooker Katalina Amosa has signed with a new club for the 2026 Super Rugby Women\u2019s campaign, joining…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-351040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351040","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=351040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}