Academy players Kieran Longbottom and Will Brock will start for Western Force Gold for the first time when the team plays the Blue Bulls on Friday at Loftus Versfeld in
The match is the last of Western Force Gold’s three game tour of
Emirates Western Force flanker and tour captain Luke Doherty will join
Western Force Gold coach
‘We’ve had a good week’s preparation and worked on the core skills that let us down in the game against the Lions,’ he said.
‘Much of the focus has been on defence and the areas we will target in attack, particularly at the breakdown.’
Mulvihill said it was very important, particularly against bigger and stronger opposition, that the team maintained possession so it could build phases.
Kick off is at 3pm (SA time).
In their first tour game, Western Force Gold lost 31-36 to a Sharks Invitational side in Pietermaritzburg and last Saturday, they went down 0-37 to the Golden Lions in
The squad returns to
The squad is: 1. Kieran Longbottom 2. Luke Holmes 3. AJ Whalley 4.