All Blacks back George Bridge is one of five off-season
\nsignings named to start in Force blue for the first time when the Western Force
\ntakes on the Queensland Reds in the side\u2019s first Swyftx Super Rugby Pacific
\npre-season trial game on Friday.<\/p>\n
Bridge, the former Crusaders try machine who spent the past
\nthree seasons in France with Montpellier, has been named to start at
\noutside-centre.<\/p>\n
Los Pumas lock Franco Molina, ex-Queensland Reds front-rower
\nSef Fa\u2019agase, one-time Wallabies winger Darby Lancaster and Perth-born Wanneroo
\njunior Nathan Hastie have also been named in the starting XV, offering the Sea
\nof Blue their first glimpse of the new recruits.<\/p>\n
Meet the Force players at the Club’s Fan Day at Force HQ on Saturday 31 January<\/a><\/p>\n Friday\u2019s trial game is free entry for fans, kicking off at The Force have named an extended 38-player line-up for the Fa\u2019agase will line up on the front row alongside Wallabies In the locks, Lopeti Faifua will start alongside Argentina Hastie, who has joined the Force from the Highlanders, is Bridge and 95-cap Wallaby Kurtley Beale will run on in an Bayley Kuenzle (concussion), Nic Dolly (knee), Doug Several Wallabies and new Argentinian addition Leonel Oviedo Click here for all the essential game day info for Friday’s pre-season trial<\/a><\/p>\n Western Force Memberships and tickets are on sale for the Western Force team list<\/p>\n 1 Sef Fa\u2019agase<\/p>\n 2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa<\/p>\n 3 Harry Johnson-Homes<\/p>\n 4 Lopeti Faifua<\/p>\n 5 Franco Molina<\/p>\n 6 Will Harris<\/p>\n 7 Kane Koteka<\/p>\n 8 Vaiolini Ekuasi<\/p>\n 9 Nathan Hastie<\/p>\n 10 Ben Donaldson<\/p>\n 11 Darby Lancaster<\/p>\n 12 Kurtley Beale<\/p>\n 13 George Bridge<\/p>\n 14 Divad Palu<\/p>\n 15 Mac Grealy<\/p>\n Reserves; 16 Albert Alcock, 17 Marley Pearce, 18 Max Sawers, Game details<\/p>\n Western Force vs Queensland Reds<\/p>\n Friday 23 January, 4:35pm WST<\/p>\n Scotch College, Swanbourne, Perth<\/p>\n No live stream available \u2013 follow Western Force social Click here for all the essential game day info for Friday’s pre-season trial<\/a><\/p>\n
\n4:35pm WST at Scotch College in Swanbourne.<\/p>\n
\ngame, which will be played across three 30-minute periods, enabling the wider
\ngroup to get game-time.<\/p>\n
\nhooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa and Harry Johnson-Holmes who will play his competitive
\ngame since suffering an ACL injury last February.<\/p>\n
\ninternational Molina, with Will Harris, Wests Scarborough\u2019s Kane Koteka and
\nVaiolini Ekuasi in the back row.<\/p>\n
\nnamed to start at nine, alongside Wallaby Ben Donaldson at fly-half.<\/p>\n
\nexperienced midfield, with Lancaster and Divad Palu to start on the wings and Mac
\nGrealy in at full-back.<\/p>\n
\nPhilipson (knee), Feao Fotuaika (foot) and Darcy Swain (calf) are unavailable. <\/p>\n
\nwill be absent as they build up towards their returns to play having commenced
\nForce pre-season earlier this month.<\/p>\n
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