The Western Force are excited to reveal the Club’s 2026 Super Rugby Pacific fixture list where the Club will host seven Saturday late afternoon/evening games coupled with an improved travel schedule.
The 2026 Super Rugby Pacific fixtures were confirmed on Thursday morning, including a Round 2 game at Arena Joondalup’s HIF Health Insurance Oval for the first time in Super Rugby history.
Among the home highlights, the Force will open their season at HBF Park against the ACT Brumbies on Saturday 14 February. The Force will host the reigning champion Crusaders in Round 10 and finish with a three-game home stretch at HBF Park from Rounds 14-16.
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The WA club will host all three other Australian clubs, along with the Fijian Drua (Round 15), plus New Zealand trio, the Blues (Round 2 at Joondalup), the Chiefs (Round 7) and the Crusaders (Round 10).
The 2026 fixture sees the Force go on a three-game road trip to New Zealand from Rounds 3-5, along with a pair of two-game away trips – including one buffered by a bye - reducing the travel impact after the side flew more than 50,000 kilometres during the 2025 Super Rugby season.
The Force won’t travel overseas after the Round 9 trip to Fiji, while all three New Zealand away games will be played in the one block from Rounds 3-5. The team will have byes in Rounds 6 and 11 in the 16-round season.
All seven home games will be played on Saturdays, with three kicking off at 4:35pm, three kicking off at 5:35pm - once east coast daylight savings ends - and the Force-Crusaders’ Round 10 game commencing at the later 7:55pm slot.
Force CEO Niamh O’Connor said: “The Super Rugby Pacific fixture release is always an exciting time of year, as we look forward with ambition and optimism.
“We’re delighted to host seven home games in front of our Sea of Blue including taking one game into the community at Joondalup for the first time.
“Our fan feedback shows that the late Saturday afternoon and evening kick-off times suit our Members and supporters and we really need them to make our home ground a fortress as we chase finals in 2026.
“From a high performance perspective, we’re really happy with our 2026 fixture, which we appreciate is always a challenge given our location and subsequent travel impact. We see major benefits in having three road trips through the season, playing away games in blocks to ease the travel burden for our players.
“We’re really excited about finishing the 2026 regular season with three home games where we’re hopefully pushing hard in the finals race.”
Force head coach Simon Cron was vocal about the Club's travel challenges last year and was supportive of the 2026 draw.
Cron said: “As we mentioned last year, it is smart to block travel rather than zig zag, for numerous reasons. A critical factor is the training weeks and how disruptive the zig zag was to training intensity.
“Now it is blocked this will help us keep training load and intensity closer to our required level each week as recovery will be less compromised.”
As revealed earlier this week, the Force will open their season in Round 1 on Saturday 14 February against the Club’s original opposition, the ACT Brumbies, almost 20 years to the day from their famous inaugural clash at Subiaco Oval in 2006 in front of 37,000 fans.
The Force will then take Super Rugby to the community in Joondalup when they host the Blues in Round 2 at Arena Joondalup’s HIF Health Insurance Oval on Saturday 21 February.
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The side will hit the skies for a three-game New Zealand trip to face Moana Pasifika, the Highlanders and the Hurricanes before their first bye.
In Round 7, the Force will welcome the Chiefs to Perth for the first time since 2023, before away games to the Queensland Reds and the Fijian Drua.
In Round 10, the Force will host reigning champions, the Crusaders, at HBF Park before having the side’s second bye during Super Round to be played in Christchurch.
After the bye, the Force will have away games within Australia against the NSW Waratahs and Brumbies, before a run of three games at HBF Park to round out the season.
The Force will host the Reds, Drua and Waratahs from Rounds 14-16 at HBF Park in May, all with 5:35pm kick-off times.
Force Memberships will go on sale in October at westernforce.rugby from $129 for adults which equates to $21.50 per game, while 2025 Club Members will receive their renewals one week prior to that.
Every single game of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season will be live on Stan Sport, with select games also on Channel Nine.
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Western Force 2026 Super Rugby Pacific fixtures
Round 1 – Western Force vs ACT Brumbies – Saturday 14 February, 4:35pm WST – HBF Park, Perth
Round 2 – Western Force vs Blues – Saturday 21 February, 4:35pm WST – HIF Health Insurance Oval, Arena Joondalup
Round 3 – Moana Pasifika vs Western Force – Friday 27 February, 2:05pm WST – TBC
Round 4 – Highlanders vs Western Force – Saturday 7 March, 11:35am WST – Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Round 5 – Hurricanes vs Western Force – Friday 13 March, 2:05pm WST – TBC
Round 6 – bye
Round 7 – Western Force vs Chiefs – Saturday 28 March, 4:35pm WST – HBF Park, Perth
Round 8 – Queensland Reds vs Western Force – Saturday 4 April, 4:35pm WST – Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Round 9 – Fijian Drua vs Western Force – Saturday 11 April, 12:35pm WST – TBC, Fiji
Round 10 – Western Force vs Crusaders – Saturday 18 April, 7:55pm WST – HBF Park, Perth
Round 11 (Super Round) – bye
Round 12 – NSW Waratahs vs Western Force – Friday 1 May, 5:35pm WST – Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Round 13 – ACT Brumbies vs Western Force – Saturday 9 May, 5:35pm WST – GIO Stadium, Canberra
Round 14 – Western Force vs Queensland Reds – Saturday 16 May, 5:35pm WST – HBF Park, Perth
Round 15 – Western Force vs Fijian Drua – Saturday 23 May, 5:35pm WST – HBF Park, Perth
Round 16 – Western Force vs NSW Waratahs – Saturday 30 May, 5:35pm WST – HBF Park, Perth
