Western Force v Waratahs: Teams

Western Force coach John Mitchell has opted against changing his matchday 22 despite the heavy 50-10 defeat to the Reds last time out.

Mitchell has opted to go for consistency in his selection for the visit of the Waratahs, with the New Zealander confident his players will give a positive response.

"What we've done is select the same team and put accountability back on the same team. It's important to settle on selection and get some continuity from within the same players," Mitchell said.

"It's good for the players to have that situation and also from the previous performance that you'd think some players would want to respond because they weren't happy with the last performance."

The Waratahs have been forced into two late changes after Wycliff Palu and Al Baxter were ruled out.

Both players were named in the initial starting XV but they have subsequently failed fitness tests - with Sekope Kepu and Ben Mowen coming into the starting XV and Dan Palmer and Locky McCaffrey named onto the bench.

"It's a great sign of the depth within the squad that if we lose players like Al and Cliffy we can replace them with quality players," said coach Chris Hickey.

Force: 15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Scott Staniforth, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 James O'Connor, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 David Hill, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Stanford, 7 Matt Hodgson, 6 Ben McCalman, 5 Nathan Sharpe (c), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Ryan Tyrrell, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Pek Cowan, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Jono Jenkins, 20 Chris O'Young, 21 Sam Harris, 22 Mitch Inman.

Waratahs: 15 Sosene Anesi, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Tom Carter, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Daniel Halangahu, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Ben Mowen, 7 Phil Waugh (c), 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Dan Palmer, 18 Will Caldwell, 19 Locky McCaffrey, 20 Josh Holmes, 21 Kurtley Beale, 22 Rob Horne.