Spotlight on Force set piece

Western Force must improve the set piece to maintain their winning ways against the Queens-land Reds on Saturday.

They lost four line-outs and were on the back foot at the scrum too often in the victory against the Waratahs last Sunday - something that would not have been lost on former Force assistant and now Reds forwards coach Nick Stiles.

The Force have not lost to the Reds in their past five Super Rugby clashes, a streak scrum-half Alby Mathewson said the club would look to extend at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Mathewson said they would tighten up the set piece and make slight adjustments to the kicking game that worked well against the reigning premiers.

"We want to play an attacking game when it suits," he said.

"Our set piece probably wasn't ideal, line-out and scrums, and that limited a few attacking opportunities. There are a couple of things we want to work on and we're addressing that.

"There are little execution things we can work on.

"We could have put on a few more points (against the Waratahs) but to come away with a bonus point, we'll take that.

"We knew the Waratahs like to run the ball back. They are big guys and we turned them around, made them work back and we were there to meet them.

"The Reds are a wee bit different. They kick the ball back a lot, they haven't liked to play a lot of footy inside their own 22 of recent seasons."

Code-hopper Karmichael Hunt is expected to move to full-back for the Reds with James O'Connor coming in at fly-half after the Brumbies thrashed them 47-3 in round one.

The Force used rugby brain Philip Fowler to help plot the Waratahs' downfall.

Coach Michael Foley enlisted Fowler as his "strategist" in his inaugural coaching team. He is still being used as a consultant and was at Allianz Stadium to witness Sunday's triumph.

Fowler played a role in four World Cup sides that all made the final - winners Australia and South Africa in 1991 and 2007 and New Zealand and Australia as runners-up in 1995 and 2003. He also helped the Reds to their 2011 Super Rugby title.