Western Force has been crowned the winner of 2019 National Rugby Championship after thrashing Canberra Vikings 41-3 in the final.

First points of the game came by a penalty conversion from Vikings halfback Ryan Lonergan in the 16th minute of the first half.

Force answered back with a try from Fergus Lee-Warner, 10 minutes to half-time.

Force led the Vikings 7-3 at half-time.

Lee-Warner crossed over the white-line for his second try just a few seconds into the second half to add another 5 points to their lead.

Other tries from the Force were scored by Nick Jooste, Heath Tessmann, Jeremy Thrush and Jonah Placid.

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