Western Force

A roundup of all the action from round 9 of the 2016 Super Rugby season.

We take a look at Round 8 of Super Rugby and round up the action from all the weekend's fixtures, with Israel Dagg's impressive game for the Crusaders.

After previewing the Africa 1, Africa 2 and New Zealand divisions of Super Rugby, we finally come to the Australian division.

The Brumbies moved to the top of the Australian conference in Super Rugby with a 33-20 bonus-point win over the Western Force on an emotional night in Perth.

Perhaps the greatest strength of southern hemisphere rugby is that its flagship teams come into Rugby World Cup years with settled and complimentary XVs.

This weeks addition we move to Australia, who have the 2014 Super Rugby title in the Waratahs, and in the continent boast some of the world's most exciting and talented footballers. Here's who wee think will make marks on this years' competition.

Western Force and Wallabies winger Nick "Honey Badger" Cummins has announced that he will leave the Western Force and Australian rugby at the end of the Super Rugby season and move to Japan.

Gareth Anscombe kicked 17 points as the Chiefs beat the Reds 22-16 while Nick Cummins scored a hat-trick in a historic Western Force win over the Waratahs in the first two Super Rugby clashes of the day.

Jayden Hayward scored a try in the 78th minute to earn Western Force a 32-29 victory over the Reds in Brisbane that stretched their winning run to four matches.

Super Rugby 2013 is almost here and before you sign up for any tipping competitions based on picking the winning teams and margins, check out my analysis.

With the increasingly global look to Super Rugby, there are now plenty of rugby nomads who are playing for teams outside of their own country.

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A late try from Hosea Gear helped the Highlanders win in Dunedin against the Crusaders on Saturday. At half time, they were winning 20-10 after tries from Andrew Hore and Phil Burleigh.

The Waratahs retained second place in the Australian conference, but produced an uninspiring performance against a one dimensional Western Force

We caught up with Western Force's head coach Richard Graham, what a nice guy he was