Western Force vs Fijian Drua Prediction: Force to continue strong finish

Sat 10th and 11th, both Western Force and Fijian Drua still have faint hopes of making the Super Rugby Pacific play-offs, but defeat will end those dreams when the pair meet in Perth on Saturday (9:35pm local time, 10:35 am BST, live on Sky Sports +).

Read on for my Western Force vs Fijian Drua predictions.

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George Bridge is out with soreness, so Bayley Kuenzle starts in the Force's outside centre channel for his ninth start of the season.

Fellow centre Boston Fakafanua could make his debut off the bench and is joined among the replacements by veteran Kurtley Beale, who is in line to become the third most capped Super Rugby player of all time.

The Drua have made two alterations from last Saturday's 50-35 defeat to the Waratahs, both in the back three, with Selestino Ravutaumada named on the right wing and Ilaisa Droasese called in at full-back.

Western Force vs Fijian Drua Odds

The Force are 2/13 to back up last weekend's win over the Reds, while the Drua are 9/2 to record a second away success of 2026 after that victory at the Brumbies.

A tie is 28/1, with the three-way handicap mark set at the Force -14, available at 10/11.

Western Force -18 @ 6/5

Both teams could still mathematically make the top six, but the Force are two points clear of the Drua and can record a fourth win in five games and third on the bounce in Perth.

Their Fijian visitors have matched their hosts' five wins for the season, but only one of those has come on the road.

In fact, they have won only two of 42 away games in Super Rugby, and it is hardly a secret that they struggle to reach the heights they reach on home turf in Suva, Lautoka or Ba.

The Drua won 24-22 when the teams met in Round 9 and were also victorious in the pair's previous meeting, triumphing 38-7, but again, that was in Fiji.

The Force have won the last four meetings on Australian soil by an average of 24.3 points and have scored 45+ points in the last two of those.

Simon Cron's side should be able to get the better of a team that lost 50-35 to the Waratahs last Saturday.

The Drua's physicality might be a leveller, but the Force stand out in the set-piece.

They have won a competition-best 15.8 lineouts per game and that pragmatism can frustrate the Fijians, before the home team runs away with the result in the final quarter.

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