'I'm so grateful' - Wood loving Force full-time environment
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Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 4:00 PM
Ben Somerford
Western Force teenage scrum-half sensation Samantha Wood has revealed how she got into rugby and how much shes loving being a professional having signed a multi-year contract earlier this year in the latest episode of the Full Force Podcast.
Wood, 19, has been a revelation for the Force this season, starting every game at scrum-half after the ARKS product debuted in the final round of the 2023 Super W season.
The John Wollaston School student grew up on her parents 10-acre property in Roleystone in Perths hills and had an active childhood but it wasnt until she attended her brothers rugby training session that she wanted to play the game.
My dad played rugby ever since he was young, Sam told the Full Force Podcast. Dad got my brother into rugby. I went down and watched my brothers training and I thought nah, I dont want to watch, I want to play.
So I ended up joining in. We were hugely involved with ARKS. It just never stopped.
Her parents, Alan and Lucia, held positions as president, secretary and treasurer on the ARKS board until recently.
Sam played rugby with boys until ARKS formed a girls Under-14s team. She went on to play for Kalamunda at Fortescue Womens Premier Grade level. The teenagers rise included being the Premier Grade leading point scorer in 2022 with Kala, before her 2023 Super W debut.
She was handed a multi-year contract by Force head coach Dylan Parsons earlier this year, underlining the potential the club saw in her. Now shes thriving in the Forces environment which is striving to take the womens game to a new professional level, helping the side qualify for the Super W semi-finals for the first time.
Its so much more professional, Sam said. You can see the huge skill shift, from watching last years games to this years games, the girls have really tightened up the little things.
Thats probably one of the biggest reasons why weve seen success this year. All the basics have been amplified, were not just focusing on the big processes. Thats probably the big change in the environment, its become so much more professional.
I just take it day by day. Right now, its looking pretty good. Im so grateful and thankful for the Force giving us this opportunity to come in and train every day and play good rugby. I love it."
Listen to the full episode below:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kv...01d83cf3be44a3
Ben Somerford
Western Force teenage scrum-half sensation Samantha Wood has revealed how she got into rugby and how much shes loving being a professional having signed a multi-year contract earlier this year in the latest episode of the Full Force Podcast.
Wood, 19, has been a revelation for the Force this season, starting every game at scrum-half after the ARKS product debuted in the final round of the 2023 Super W season.
The John Wollaston School student grew up on her parents 10-acre property in Roleystone in Perths hills and had an active childhood but it wasnt until she attended her brothers rugby training session that she wanted to play the game.
My dad played rugby ever since he was young, Sam told the Full Force Podcast. Dad got my brother into rugby. I went down and watched my brothers training and I thought nah, I dont want to watch, I want to play.
So I ended up joining in. We were hugely involved with ARKS. It just never stopped.
Her parents, Alan and Lucia, held positions as president, secretary and treasurer on the ARKS board until recently.
Sam played rugby with boys until ARKS formed a girls Under-14s team. She went on to play for Kalamunda at Fortescue Womens Premier Grade level. The teenagers rise included being the Premier Grade leading point scorer in 2022 with Kala, before her 2023 Super W debut.
She was handed a multi-year contract by Force head coach Dylan Parsons earlier this year, underlining the potential the club saw in her. Now shes thriving in the Forces environment which is striving to take the womens game to a new professional level, helping the side qualify for the Super W semi-finals for the first time.
Its so much more professional, Sam said. You can see the huge skill shift, from watching last years games to this years games, the girls have really tightened up the little things.
Thats probably one of the biggest reasons why weve seen success this year. All the basics have been amplified, were not just focusing on the big processes. Thats probably the big change in the environment, its become so much more professional.
I just take it day by day. Right now, its looking pretty good. Im so grateful and thankful for the Force giving us this opportunity to come in and train every day and play good rugby. I love it."
Listen to the full episode below:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kv...01d83cf3be44a3