The team disbanded when the ARC was discontinued after the first season in 2007 but, after an absence of six years, the national competition was relaunched in 2014 as the NRC,[1] and the Perth Spirit was revived.

The reformed RugbyWA then decided to enter the Western Force in the National Rugby Championship, replacing the Perth Spirit for the start of the 2018 season.

[3] With the announcement of a new national rugby union competition, it was known that one of the foundation clubs would be located in Perth - with three teams in New South Wales, two in Queensland and one each in Canberra and Melbourne making up the inaugural eight.

[4] RugbyWA Chief Executive, Peter O’Meara, said: Just as Force taps into the natural elements that have shaped WA, the word Spirit is strong, powerful and dynamic, and reflects the independent, open-minded and entrepreneurial way West Aussies approach things.At the launch of the new team, it was revealed that John Mulvihill would be the head coach of the Spirit for the inaugural season.

At the time, the Western Force did not play at Members Equity but at the larger capacity venue of Subiaco Oval.

[6] Perth finished third on the league table after the regular season, and played the Central Coast Rays in a semi-final at Gosford.

[9] In 2014, it was announced that the Perth Spirit team would be revived to take part in the National Rugby Championship, and that the original logo and black and gold jersey colours would be retained.

[13] For the Spirit's first match, Rory Walton was named as captain from an on-field leadership group which also included Kyle Godwin, Luke Morahan, Ian Prior, Heath Tessmann, and Sam Wykes.

The squad for the 2017 National Rugby Championship season:[20] Props Hookers Locks Loose forwards Scrum-halves Fly-halves Centres Wingers Fullbacks (c) Denotes team captain, Bold player internationally capped at the time, 1 denotes allocated national player additional to the squad.