Watch the Super Rugby AUS Final live and on-demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\nComing into the clash, the Waratahs were riding on three big wins to a home final, looking to claim their first title since 2022, and first under the rebranded Super Rugby U19s rebrand. <\/p>\n
The Brumbies had booked a final spot with wins over the Force and Reds, before conceding an early lead in their loss to the Waratahs.<\/p>\n
The hosts started the final in much the same way as their wider season, with tries to Tom Watts and Tyler Maybery seeing them race out to a 14-0 lead.<\/p>\n
However, the defending champions struck back quickly, with tries to Chace Oates and Eli Langi, plus Oates’ boot seeing the scores draw level.<\/p>\n
The Brumbies would continue to push as the Waratahs fought back until Oates broke the deadlock on halftime with a penalty goal for a 17-14 lead.<\/p>\n
It wouldn’t take long for the Waratahs to strike back, with Zach Fittler producing the try of the day to get the hosts back in front by four.<\/p>\n
However, the Brumbies would reclaim the lead five minutes later, as Riley Whitfield scored their third try.<\/p>\n
Louis Fenwicke would grab one back for the Tahs, giving them a slim two-point lead as the final quarter of the match commenced.<\/p>\n
As the final ten minutes began, the Brumbies turned to their set piece, hounding the Waratahs’ line. <\/p>\n
However, a penalty to the hosts relieved pressure – and they pounced, with Fenwicke scoring his second to push their margin to seven.<\/p>\n
As the clock went red, the Brumbies found themselves in an attacking position, with the Waratahs conceding penalty after penalty. However, with a final chance to draw even, the hosts held the ball up over the line, proving the difference.<\/p>\n
The result is the Waratahs’ third title overall, and first since 2022.<\/p>\n
NSW WARATAHS 31 (Tries: Watts, Maybery, Fittler, Fenwicke 2. Cons: Conick 3\/5) def ACT BRUMBIES 24 (Tries: Oates, Langi, Whitfield. Cons: Oates 3\/3. Pen: Oates 1\/1. Cards: Edwin Langi)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NSW Waratahs have claimed the Super Rugby U19s title, but they had to dig deep to overcome…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[58864,64,63,32951,760,85,109829],"class_list":["post-191072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-act-brumbies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nsw-waratahs","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-super-rugby-u19s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}