Time for stability: Force back in coach Cron for 2027

Breaking the Western Force's 20-year finals drought is among the unfinished business items coach Simon Cron plans to complete after being backed in to lead the success-starved club for at least another season.

Time for stability: Force back in coach Cron for 2027. Breaking the Western Force's 20-year finals drought is among the unfinished business items coach Simon Cron plans to complete after being backed in to lead the success-starved club for at least another season. The guaranteed part of Cron's current deal was due to expire at the end of this Super Rugby Pacific season, with the 10th-placed Force (4-7) needing to win their final three games to have any chance of reaching the finals. But no matter what happens in the coming weeks - starting with Saturday night's home clash with the Queensland Reds - the Force are certain Cron is the right man to lead them to greener pastures in 2027, and have thus triggered another year of his current deal. Cron, who is in his fourth season at the helm, is yet to lead the Force to finals action. In fact, t...