{"id":65800,"date":"2025-08-13T19:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/65800\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:18:14","slug":"western-force-palmyra-rufc-to-host-home-games-for-super-rugby-squad-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/65800\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Force: Palmyra RUFC to host home games for Super Rugby squad next month"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Palmrya RUFC will be putting on a show of Force next month.<\/p>\n

Western Force will be playing its two Super Rugby AUS home games at the club\u2019s Tompkins Park venue.<\/p>\n

Super Rugby AUS is a domestic competition pitting the Force against Australia\u2019s three other Super Rugby sides in a bid to give non-Wallabies players more meaningful playing time.<\/p>\n

The Force will take on the ACT Brumbies on Sunday, September 21, from 2pm and the Queensland Reds on Sunday, September 28, from 2.30pm.<\/p>\n

Both games will be preceded by under-age games in the Super Rugby Men\u2019s U19s and U16s competitions.<\/p>\n

\"PERTH,Camera IconPERTH, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 28: Nic White of the Force passes the ball during the tour match between Western Force and British & Irish Lions at Optus Stadium on June 28, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Janelle St Pierre\/Getty Images) Credit: Janelle St Pierre\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

There will be free entry for both games.<\/p>\n

The September 21 date at Palmyra will a double-header, with the Force to also take on the Brumbies in the Super Rugby Men\u2019s U19s from noon.<\/p>\n

The September 28 gameday will be a triple-header, with the Force facing Rugby Victoria in the Super Rugby Men\u2019s U16s from 10.30am and the Force taking on the Reds in the Super Rugby Men\u2019s U19s from 12.30pm.<\/p>\n

Palmyra RUFC was founded in 1934 and competes in the Fortescue RugbyWA Premier Grade men\u2019s and women\u2019s competitions along with juniors.<\/p>\n

They were Premier Grade men\u2019s champions in 2023 and are in the mix again this season, just one win behind ladder leaders Nedlands and Cottesloe.<\/p>\n

Palmyra RUFC president Peter Matthiesen said the matches were a fantastic opportunity to showcase emerging local talent to the passionate rugby community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe matches also highlight Palmyra Rugby Union Club\u2019s home grounds and the facilities that support our day-to-day operations in allowing us to continue building pathways that provide representative opportunities such as showcased in these matches,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Southern Lions RUFC will also host the Force\u2019s final Super Rugby Men\u2019s U16s home game against the Queensland Reds as a stand-alone fixture on Sunday, October 19, from 1pm.<\/p>\n

Southern Lions, previously known as Fremantle-Leeming RUFC, were founded in 1987 and also compete in the Fortescue RugbyWA Premier Grade men\u2019s and women\u2019s competitions along with juniors.<\/p>\n

The club re-located to its state-of-the-art Success facilities in 2010.<\/p>\n

\"PERTH,Camera IconPERTH, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 28: Tom Robertson of the Force gets tackled by Finn Russell of the Lions during the tour match between the Western Force and British & Irish Lions at Optus Stadium on June 28, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane\/Getty Images) Credit: Paul Kane\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Southern Lions RUFC club president Ronan O\u2019Shea said they were delighted to host the Western Force U16s against the Queensland Reds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe match promises to be an exciting one and we look forward to the WA players showing what they are made of,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a great chance to show the Cockburn community what we can do. We\u2019ll work with the City of Cockburn and the other stakeholders to put on the best day possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Western Force CEO Niamh O\u2019Connor said the club was rapt to connect with club rugby and its grass roots community through playing at Palmyra RUFC and Southern Lions RUFC.<\/p>\n

She thanked the clubs and the cities of Cockburn and Melville for their support.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really grateful for Southern Lions\u2019 support and hospitality for our U16s fixture and know both clubs will put on a great show with their home games, which we anticipate will attract a lot of the local rugby community,\u201d Ms O\u2019Connor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Super Rugby AUS competition is an important part of the Australian Rugby pathway to support the ongoing growth and development of players, coaches and staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe competition also provides more opportunities for WA rugby fans to watch the Force and Super Rugby, so we\u2019re really happy to bring this action to a strong local rugby club like Palmyra.\u201d<\/p>\n

All Super Rugby AUS games will be live-streamed on Stan Sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Palmrya RUFC will be putting on a show of Force next month. Western Force will be playing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,44,760,2633,588,85,29898],"class_list":{"0":"post-65800","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-news","11":"tag-rugby","12":"tag-rugby-union","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-super-rugby"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65800","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=65800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}