Force keen to find best form at home
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:48
The Western Force are determined to find their best form after a frustrating start to the season and believe there is no better time to do so than Saturday against the Waratahs in front of home fans.
The Force return to ME Bank Stadium for a three-match stretch, with games against the Bulls and Stormers to follow their Waratahs encounter.
Skipper Nathan Sharpe summed up the mood of the group when he said they couldn’t wait to get back on the field and turn things around following a sub-par performance against the Reds in Brisbane.
"It’s a six-day turnaround and the next game can’t come soon enough for us," Sharpe told the Force website after the game at Suncorp Stadium.
"We’ll clear the air tonight and tomorrow; there is no doubt everyone is really disappointed at themselves, and that’s a good thing after a performance like that."
The result continued the ascendancy of the home team in clashes between the Force and the Reds sides with neither able to claim a win on rival territory in five matches.
"We’ll regroup and get stuck into it again," Sharpe told the Force website.
"I think the thing for us is, that while [the Reds game] was disappointing, we know that when we do execute well what we’re trying to do is really applicable to the way the new law interpretations are being handled and we just have to do it better.
"Well done to the Reds, they played a really simple game plan, they do it well and are playing very well at the moment. That’s something that we need to aspire to."
Sharpe became the most capped Force player with 53 matches since joining the franchise in their inaugural season in 2006.
"There are things that we’ve been working on all year that we’re trying to get right but particularly in that first half, we lacked that execution and Mitch [Coach John Mitchell] has spoken about how much that costs you in a game.
"We have to get those things right and keep working on it," said Sharpe.
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