Western Force scrum-half Nic White has underlined the importance of Saturday’s Super Rugby Pacific Culture Round clash with the Fijian Drua which he says is worth double points.

With four rounds to play in the Super Rugby season, the Drua are eighth on 17 points, with the Force in 12^th on 10 ahead of Saturday’s clash at HBF Park from 7:55pm WST.

“It’s an important one for us, a really big game,” White told reporters on Friday ahead of captain’s run.

“Worth double points against Fiji and we need to start getting some momentum.

“With four weeks to go there’s certainly still a chance, and it starts tomorrow night.”

Opta Stats also show the Drua have won only once in their 20 Super Rugby away games since their inception in the league.

On the flipside, Drua duo Iosefo Masi (56) and Selestino Ravutaumada (41) are two of just three players to have beaten over 40 defender this season (also Mark Tele’a from the Blues, 47).

The Force lost to the Drua 31-13 in Fiji in Round 6 in torrential conditions with heavy rain and a water-logged pitch but White said it was hard to draw much from that.

“That game was a bit different,” White said. “Not a lot to take out of that.

“Felt like we were playing in a swimming pool over there in Fiji. Certainly an experience that I’d not had before.

“Tomorrow will be a bit different. Hard and fast deck which will suit the way we want to play but also the way they want to play. Should be an exciting game. Looking for a much different result.

“You look after the day-to-day, you look after this week, don’t look too far ahead, both in our season and for personal honours.”

White’s personal honours reference related to the fact he was talking alongside Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt who is in Perth to watch the Force first hand on Saturday night.

Source: Western Force