Super Rugby
Force prop Faulkner re-committs
ESPN Staff
February 24, 2015
Faulkner had a breakout season in 2014 and will be pushing for a World Cup call up © Getty Images
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Western Force prop Tetera Faulkner has re-signed with the Western Force and the Australian Rugby Union on a new two-year contract extension until the end of 2017. Faulkner made his Wallabies debut against Wales in 2014 and earned his second cap when the Wallabies took on Ireland in Dublin.

Faulkner joins Force front-row team-mates Pek Cowan, Nathan Charles and Oliver Hoskins who had already re-committed with the Force earlier this season.

The 26-year-old joined the Force in 2011 as an injury cover before becoming a starting member of the squad and had a breakout season in 2014 earning his first call up to the Wallabies squad.

"I know this is the best for me to be playing my rugby - we have a great bunch of boys and a great coaching staff which made this a pretty easy decision," he said. "We've absolutely loved living in Perth; my family has now grown up here for the last four years and its somewhere that just feels like home.

"I've learned a lot during my time with the Force - particularly over the past two seasons. It's been great having Foles [Head Coach, Michael Foley] coming in. Being a fellow front-rower, I've learned a lot from him, and Footey [Attack/Backs Coach, Kevin Foote] and Blood [Senior Assistant Coach, Dave Wessels] have been great in developing other areas of my game.

"It's been fantastic to be a part of this team. There aren't any egos, and everyone's determined to play for each other. Following the success we had last year, I feel like there are some exciting times around this group and I was very keen to be a part of that."

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