Facebook page<\/a>, giving fans their first look at the Brumbies in action this season.\u00a0<\/p>\nACT Brumbies v Western Force \u2013 Trial Match\u00a0
\n\tDate: Thursday, January 30\u00a0
\n\tTime: 7.35PM AEDT
\n\tLocation: Scotch College Playing Fields, Swanbourne\u00a0
\n\tLive Stream: Western Force Facebook \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
ACT Brumbies team to play Western Force\u00a0<\/p>\n
LOOSEHEAD PROP – Lington Ieli \u00a0
\n\tHOOKER – Chris Mickelson \u00a0
\n\tTIGHTHEAD PROP – Rhys van Nek \u00a0
\n\tLEFT LOCK – Lachlan Shaw \u00a0
\n\tRIGHT LOCK – Harvey Cordukes \u00a0
\n\tLEFT FLANKER – Tuaina Tualima \u00a0
\n\tRIGHT FLANKER – Rory Scott \u00a0
\n\tNUMBER EIGHT – Charlie Cale \u00a0
\n\tSCRUMHALF – Klayton Thorn \u00a0
\n\tFLYHALF – Tane Edmed \u00a0
\n\tLEFT WING – Kye Oates \u00a0
\n\tINSIDE CENTRE – Jarrah McLeod \u00a0
\n\tOUTSIDE CENTRE – Hudson Creighton \u00a0
\n\tRIGHT WING – Shane Wilcox \u00a0
\n\tFULLBACK – Declan Meredith\u00a0<\/p>\n
Replacements\u00a0
\n\tLiam Bowron, Blake Schoupp, Tevita Alatini, Cadeyrn Neville, Eli Langi, Dan Nelson, Andy Muirhead, Kadin Pritchard, Moses Sorovi, Austin Anderson, Toby Macpherson, Judah Saumaisue, Darcy Breen<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, the Western Force will welcome back five Wallabies for Friday\u2019s second pre-season trial game against the ACT Brumbies at Scotch College Playing Fields.<\/p>\n
Wallabies Tom Robertson, Jeremy Williams, Nick Champion de Crespigny, Carlo Tizzano and Hamish Stewart are all added to the starting XV which beat the Queensland Reds 21-19 last Friday.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s game, which will be played as a regulation 2 x 40-minute contest, will be live streamed on the Club\u2019s Facebook page and free entry for all patrons, kicking off from 4:35pm AWST.<\/p>\n
Robertson is in the run-on side at loosehead prop, alongside Brandon Paenga-Amosa and Harry Johnson-Holmes, who\u2019ll back up for the second straight after a long-term ACL injury.<\/p>\n
Wallabies lock Williams, who is coming into his third season at captain, comes into the second row alongside Los Pumas star Franco Molina.<\/p>\n
New vice-captain Champion de Crespigny and reigning Super Rugby leading try scorer Tizzano come into the back row, with Vaiolini Ekuasi starting at number 8.<\/p>\n
The Force will start again with Perth-born-and-raised scrum-half Nathan Hastie and fly-half Ben Donaldson.<\/p>\n
Wallabies midfielder Hamish Stewart is added at inside-centre alongside All Black George Bridge. Darby Lancaster and Divad Palu will start on the wings, with Mac Grealy rounding out the back three.<\/p>\n
The Force have named a 28-player list, with 11 players among the reserves, including Argentinian hooker Leonel Oviedo who made a cameo last Friday and Bayley Kuenzle who is available following concussion.<\/p>\n
Alex Harford (shoulder), Nic Dolly (knee), Doug Philipson (knee), Feao Fotuaika (foot), Darcy Swain (calf) and Dylan Pietsch (Wallabies return to play) are unavailable.<\/p>\n
Western Force team list<\/p>\n
1 Tom Robertson
\n\t2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa
\n\t3 Harry Johnson-Holmes
\n\t4 Franco Molina
\n\t5 Jeremy Williams
\n\t6 Nick Champion de Crespigny
\n\t7 Carlo Tizzano
\n\t8 Vaiolini Ekuasi
\n\t9 Nathan Hastie
\n\t10 Ben Donaldson
\n\t11 Darby Lancaster
\n\t12 Hamish Stewart
\n\t13 George Bridge
\n\t14 Divad Palu
\n\t15 Mac Grealy<\/p>\n
Replacements
\n\tLeonel Oviedo, Sef Fa\u2019agase, Misinale Epenisa, Lopeti Faifua, Gus Farnan, Kane Koteka, Jack Daly, Will Harris, Henry Robertson, Max Burey, Boston Fakafanua, Bayley Kuenzle, Kurtley BealeRepl;axcements:<\/p>\n
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