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But, with the backing of \ufeffbillionaire club owner Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest, the Force have thrown increased investment into their women's program this year, <\/p>\n
The Force recruited Sydney University's Claudia Bell to a new women's high performance role, signed former Wallaby Matt Hodgson as Super W coach along with international players Michaela Leonard, Yuna Sato, Rachel Laqeretabua and Martha Mataele – the wife of Force men's winger Manasa.<\/p>\n
"They have the rights to a few more imports, which is fine but also they put money into their program," former Wallaby Turinui said on Between Two Posts<\/em>.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Turbo switch as Blues' plan crumbles<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>'Challenge' for AFL legend after awkward moment<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> The 'toxic' problem the NRL must address<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In 2020, Forrest pledged to donate $7 million to creating a grassroots to elite pathways program.<\/p>\n "It just makes a difference, it's obviously the wonderful support of the Forrest family and the Force and Western Australian rugby working together in alignment to bring quality through," Turinui said.<\/p>\n "Putting money towards your program so players can better themselves day in, day out has long term effects. We've seen it with the Rebels in the men's side, we're seeing it with the Force women."<\/p>\n NEW PODCAST! Sean Maloney and Morgan Turinui unpack a huge Brumbies statement, what now for Brad Thorn and Beauden Barrett's return to form<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/between-two-posts-1\/never-write-off-a-champion\/embed?style=Cover<\/a><\/p>\n Forrest's investment \ufeffhas extended to establishing the first ever semi-professional Super W academy, something the Force believe gives them a long term edge over rival teams.<\/p>\n It is used to advance athletes under the age of 21 into the top squad, while receiving professional quality training and treatment.<\/p>\n "They might start to click and challenge those more favoured teams in Super W," Maloney said.<\/p>\n "They could go deep throughout the back end of the year."<\/p>\n The 1-2 Force now sit fourth in the six-team competition and host the defending champion Drua on Sunday.<\/p>\n "It's good to finally get a W on the board," Force captain Trilleen Pomare told Stan Sport.<\/p>\n "We made it hard for ourselves but a win's a win. It's a feeling we don't know so we've got to learn to win and string together some consistent performances, so this is the start of it."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Claudia](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/10\/461243\/s-wwos.png\")
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