{"id":607658,"date":"2026-04-15T03:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/607658\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:52:12","slug":"long-time-coming-johnson-holmes-proud-to-reach-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/607658\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Long time coming\u2019 \u2013 Johnson-Holmes proud to reach 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Prop Harry Johnson-Holmes admits his 100th Super<br \/>\nRugby cap is a \u201clong time coming\u201d having overcome successive long-term injuries<br \/>\nto bring up triple figures on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Pending selection, Johnson-Holmes is in line for his 100th<br \/>\ncap against the Crusaders on Saturday from 7:55pm at HBF Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The red-hair bearded front-rower previously notched up 91<br \/>\ncaps for the NSW Waratahs before switching to the Force at the back-end of the<br \/>\n2024 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com.au\/western-force-v-crusaders-perth-18-04-2026\/event\/13006397D0116E6D?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Purchase tickets to our next home game on Saturday 18 April with a 7:55pm kick-off at HBF Park &#8211; Force vs Crusaders (Party At The Park) &#8211; tix from $28 for adults &amp; $22 for students<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">But Johnson-Holmes\u2019 start to life in the west was slowed by<br \/>\nan Achilles injury followed by a season-ending ACL injury sustained in the side\u2019s<br \/>\npre-season game against the ACT Brumbies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">However, he\u2019s returned this season and hasn\u2019t missed a game,<br \/>\nwith his 100th now upon him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cI suppose it\u2019s a long time coming, but then again, most<br \/>\nhundreds probably are,\u201d Johnson-Holmes told reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cI\u2019m not the first man to play 100 Super caps, and I won\u2019t<br \/>\nbe the last. It\u2019s about doing all I can for the team. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a nice personal milestone for myself, I suppose a nod<br \/>\nto longevity and the first one wasn\u2019t a fluke, but it\u2019s another week for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Reflecting on the highlights among his 100 games, having<br \/>\ndebuted for the \u2018Tahs in 2018, Johnson-Holmes referred to his team-mates and<br \/>\nopponents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cWhen you play 100 games, you get the opportunity to rub<br \/>\nelbows with a lot of awesome blokes and great men of the game,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cFor me, it\u2019s reflecting on those boys and how they\u2019ve been<br \/>\npart of my journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Johnson-Holmes remains bullish about the Force\u2019s finals<br \/>\nhopes, despite sitting in 10th with a 2-6 record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Following last round\u2019s loss in Fiji, the Force don\u2019t travel<br \/>\noutside of Australia for the rest of the regular season, with four out of the<br \/>\nside\u2019s last six games at HBF Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cOnce we start nailing those last little bits that are going<br \/>\nto get us over the line, momentum is hell of a thing,\u201d Johnson-Holmes said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cOne will turn into two, and two will turn into three and<br \/>\nnext thing you\u2019re on a bit of a running streak. It\u2019s just about staying at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">For the later 7:55pm kick-off, the Force will put on a range<br \/>\nof entertainment in a flashback to the Global Rapid Rugby days, with fireworks,<br \/>\npyrotechnics, a saxophonist, DJs and a bucking bull among the activities for \u2018Party<br \/>\nAt The Park\u2019. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Fans on Field will return for the first time this season and<br \/>\ntake place after the game. Tickets are sale from $28 for adults and $22 for<br \/>\nstudents via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com.au\/western-force-v-crusaders-party-at-perth-18-04-2026\/event\/13006397D0116E6D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Ticketmaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com.au\/western-force-v-crusaders-perth-18-04-2026\/event\/13006397D0116E6D?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Purchase tickets to our next home game on Saturday 18 April with a 7:55pm kick-off at HBF Park &#8211; Force vs Crusaders (Party At The Park) &#8211; tix from $28 for adults &amp; $22 for students<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prop Harry Johnson-Holmes admits his 100th Super Rugby cap is a \u201clong time coming\u201d having overcome successive long-term&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,11229],"class_list":{"0":"post-607658","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","12":"tag-western-force"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607658","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=607658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}