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Force cross the final frontier

    By Tim Clarke
    March 15, 2008

A HALF-TIME spray has stirred Western Force onto arguably the best win in their short history, a 27-17 victory over the Blues – their first ever triumph on New Zealand soil.

Ten points down at half-time, the Force capitalised on an injury to Blues playmaker Nick Evans to score 20 unanswered second-half points to conquer the trans-Tasman frontier on their sixth outing.

Skipper Nathan Sharpe said a team-led talking-to at the change-over sparked the comeback which elevates Force to fifth on the Super 14 ladder.

"All the boys put a rocket up themselves at half-time and you saw the result in the second half," Sharpe said.