The bottom-ranked Force’s poor away record against the New Zealand-based sides never looked like being overturned as their season record dropped to 2-8.
Winger Emoni Narawa scores one of the Chiefs’ nine tries against the Western Force.Credit: AAP
They’ve lost all three of their encounters across the ditch – by an average margin of 32 points.
A Damian McKenzie penalty and a try in each corner for wingers Emoni Narawa and Rona had the visitors on the ropes in just 14 minutes.
And when All Blacks playmaker McKenzie crossed untouched off a scrum play soon after, alarm bells were truly ringing.
The visitors only found their feet in the contest when their pack forced a penalty try on the half-hour that saw Chiefs flanker Kaylum Boshier yellow-carded for collapsing the scrum as it rolled towards the line.
But any hope of a comeback was quashed when Bradley Slater punched in an early second-half try foe the Chiefs from a lineout maul.
The Chiefs ran rampant late, scoring three tries in the last 11 minutes as the wheels really fell off for the visitors.
McKenzie was in sparkling form, with his fancy footwork helping him run rings against the Force and create the bulk of his side’s attacking opportunities.
The Chiefs’ win backed up their 38-22 triumph against the NSW Waratahs last weekend.
“It’s awesome to be back at home in front of our fans and to put it in a performance like that tonight that I’m very proud of,” Chiefs captain Kaylum Boshier told Sky Sport.
“[But] there’s always things we can work on.
“This season we’ve sort of been up and down and to put two games back-to-back like we have, we’re very proud of that.”
The Force return to Perth after their two-game trip to NZ, set for a two-game homestand against the Fijian Drua and the NSW Waratahs.
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