{"id":506901,"date":"2026-02-27T05:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506901\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:35:07","slug":"western-force-begin-new-zealand-tour-against-moana-pasifika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506901\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Force begin New Zealand tour against Moana Pasifika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Western Force will be hungry to start their New Zealand tour on a high as they face Moana Pasifika in Pukekohe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Force will spend the next three weeks on the road after beginning their season with a pair of defeats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/sport\/rugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Watch every second of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Winger Darby Lancaster will make his debut for the club after overcoming a thigh complaint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">For Moana Pasifika, they are fresh off a thumping defeat to the Hurricanes in Wellington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">All Black Ngani Laumape is amongst several returning stars for the contest for the hosts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION IN THE LIVE BLOG BELOW OR THE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby.com.au\/match-centre\/205\/2026\/949218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">MATCH CENTRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MOANA PASIFIKA v WESTERN FORCE TEAMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">MOANA (1-15):\u00a0Tito Tuipulotu, Millennium Sanerivi, Chris Apoua, Tom Savage, Allan Craig, Miracle Faiilagi (c), Semisi Paea, Semisi Tupou Ta&#8217;eiloa, Jonathan Taumateine, Patrick Pellegrini, Solomon Alaimalo, Ngani Laumape, Lalomilo Lalomilo, Tevita Ofa, Glen Vaihu<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Samiuela Moli, Abraham Pole, Lolani Faleiva, Ola Tauelangi, Tupou Afungia, Melani Matavao, Jackson Garden-Bachop, Tevita Latu<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">FORCE (1-15):\u00a0Tom Robertson, Nic Dolly, Harry Johnson-Holmes, Franco Molina, Darcy Swain, Jeremy Williams (c), Carlo Tizzano, Vaiolini Ekuasi, Nathan Hastie, Ben Donaldson, Bayley Kuenzle, Hamish Stewart, George Bridge, Darby Lancaster, Mac Grealy<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Leonel Oviedo, Sef Fa&#8217;agase, Misinale Epenisa, Lopeti Faifua, Kane Koteka, Agustin Moyano, Max Burey, Kurtley Beale<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Referee:\u00a0Paul Williams<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Assistant Referees:\u00a0Angus Mabey, Michael Winter<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">TMO:\u00a0Aaron Paterson<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO WATCH MOANA PASIFIKA v WESTERN FORCE<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Moana Pasifika&#8217;s clash with the Western Force will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Coverage will be live and ad-free on Stan Sport, slated to start at 4:30 pm with kickoff expected at 5:05 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Western Force will be hungry to start their New Zealand tour on a high as they face&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,216832,760,85,48013,11229],"class_list":{"0":"post-506901","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-moana-pasifika","11":"tag-rugby","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-super-rugby-pacific","14":"tag-western-force"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506901","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=506901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}