The Queensland Reds today fell 54-45 in Super Rugby Under-16s after a high-quality win by the Reds U15s on the same interstate menu in Sydney.<\/p>\n
The double-header at Forshaw Park was a contrast of emotions for the two Queensland sides against their NSW Waratahs rivals.<\/p>\n
The U16s showed real character after the Waratahs had run them ragged for a 40-0 lead inside 27 minutes.<\/p>\n
A pick-and-drive try by hooker Xavier Hill approaching half-time was the first fightback sign for 40-7.<\/p>\n
Replacements Dylan Goodwin, Will Robinson and Noah Gaffney all scored early in the second half to tighten the scores to 40-26.<\/p>\n
That 26-0 run of momentum from the Reds gave the side energy. Goodwin and hooker Gaffney, with another well-steered rolling maul, both scored again late.<\/p>\n
The Waratahs made big attacking gains out wide but their ill-discipline in conceding three yellow cards gave the Reds a chance to make inroads of their own.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, the Reds U15s made the corrections they were chasing to gain redemption for a painful 38-37 loss to the Waratahs at Ballymore Stadium in the first leg of their series.<\/p>\n
This time, it was the Reds who nailed the big moments. Tries either side of half-time turned a 12-10 deficit into a 25-12 lead.<\/p>\n
Sharp-moving fullback Koby Walters was the key. On half-time, a big step inside propelled him over for a vital try.<\/p>\n
This followed his earlier 40m break when strength and a fend shed two defenders. He positioned support Digby Ioane perfectly for the try.<\/p>\n
The Waratahs closed to 32-19 and had the feed to an attacking scrum deep in the Reds quarter.<\/p>\n
A big Reds shunt secured a penalty and saved a tricky situation. Another key moment won.<\/p>\n
Even when the Waratahs closed again to 32-26 late in the game, the Reds had the answer.<\/p>\n
Prop Stanley Grellman threw into the lineout, guided a fast-moving rolling maul and clinched the game 39-26 with his try.<\/p>\n
Skipper Hugh Stanbury was again strong while centre Will Jessiman was twice tackled into touch just short of the tryline.<\/p>\n
NSW Waratahs U16s 54<\/p>\n
Tries: Asher Chapman 4, Finn Hannon 2, Kaiasi Talakai, Fletcher Hermann<\/p>\n
Conversions: Wilson Ruthven 7<\/p>\n
Def<\/p>\n
Queensland Reds U16s 45<\/p>\n
Tries: Noah Gaffney 3, Dylan Goodwin 2, Xavier Hill, Will Robinson<\/p>\n
Conversions: Charlie Meredith 5<\/p>\n
Queensland Reds U15s 39\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tries: Stanley Grellman, Hugh Stanbury, Thomas Gibb, Digby Ioane, Koby Walters, Joseph Keke<\/p>\n
Conversions: Zac Zeremes 2, Daniel De Swardt<\/p>\n
Penalty Goal:\u00a0 Sammy Samson<\/p>\n
Def <\/p>\n
NSW Waratahs U15s 26\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tries: Ethan Mullins 2, Cooper Hayward, Urijah Brown<\/p>\n
Conversions:\u00a0 Billy Bowen 3<\/p>\n
Venue: Forshaw Park, Sydney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queensland Reds today fell 54-45 in Super Rugby Under-16s after a high-quality win by the Reds U15s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,12061,760,85],"class_list":["post-205404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-queensland-reds","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205404","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=205404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}