The Force hit the road and take on the Highlanders in Dunedin.
Kick-off at Forsyth-Barr is at 08h35 SA time.
Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith (co-captain), 14 Richard Buckman, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Kurt Baker, 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Nasi Manu (co-captain), 7 Shane Christie, 6 John Hardie, 5 Joe Wheeler, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 3 Chris King, 2 Liam Coltman, 1 Kane Hames.
Replacements: 16 Ged Robinson, 17 Matias Diaz, 18 Craig Millar, 19 Josh Bekhuis, 20 Elliot Dixon, 21 Fumiaki Tanaka, 22 Hayden Parker, 23 Phil Burleigh.
Western Force: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Junior Rasolea, 12 Kyle Godwin, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Matt Hodgson (captain), 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Kieran Longbottom, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Heath Tessmann, 17 Tetera Faulkner, 18 Ollie Hoskins, 19 Adam Coleman ,20 Brynard Stander, 21 Ian Prior, 22 Zack Holmes, 23 Marcel Brache.
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Good game to watch, the lead has switched 4 times already.
21-16 Force at halftime.
Force get the bonus point try, 31-16 with 21 mins to play.
Try Landers, 31-21
How many South Africans do Western Force have in their SupeRugby squad? I can see 4 here already.
Force manage to win with 13 men for the last 10 minutes. 31-29.
First time Force have had back to back victories since 2011.
THe ref tried his utmost to give the Landers a come-back win….but even reducing them to 13 men could not help them.
@FireTheLooser (Comment 7) : I disagree, both of those were definitely yellows, with the tip possibly a red.
Had the Landers by 6 🙁