Watch every second of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\nSo what did we learn?<\/p>\n
1. Maroon wall<\/p>\n
The Queensland Reds can thank their defence for a gutsy derby win after withstanding a storm for the victory.<\/p>\n
The hosts were under all sorts of pressure for the best part of an hour, making big turnover after big turnover.<\/p>\n
There were eight Reds with double-digit tackles, with Fraser McReight (17), Seru Uru (16) and Aidan Ross (16) leading the way.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a crucial win for Les Kiss\u2019 side as they keep touch with the top four.<\/p>\n
2. Waratahs wonder what could\u2019ve been<\/p>\n
The Waratahs had their chances but were just missing that class to finish their chances.<\/p>\n
It was a much improved performance from last week, a better indication of where the team sits.<\/p>\n
They established set piece dominance early and often but couldn\u2019t make it count.<\/p>\n
Dan McKellar\u2019s side needs to build off this and not drop their heads as they prepare for the Blues next week.<\/p>\n
3. The Jock and \u2018Lipo connection<\/p>\n
Jock Campbell and Filipo Daugunu were the difference as they took over the last quarter.<\/p>\n
Campbell is having a renaissance season, slicing through to create the space for Carter Gordon\u2019s opening try. He also produced a clutch try-saver on Triston Reilly to deny what would\u2019ve been a try of the year contender.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Daugunu was everywhere and especially damaging late on, creating something out of nothing for Isaac Henry\u2019s try that gave them the lead. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Both men will be desperate to return to the gold jersey and they did their chances no harm in front of Joe Schmidt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
4. When it rains, it pours <\/p>\n
Rugby is a funny old game.<\/p>\n
For 40 minutes, there was no way through as the game remained trapped between the 22s. Yet as soon as Ioane Moananu rumbled over for the maul try, the game blew open.<\/p>\n
There were five tries within a 20 minute period as both teams traded line breaks and chances.<\/p>\n
It kicked the contest into life and just took the spectacle to another level.<\/p>\n
5. Big name Wallabies making plays<\/p>\n
When both teams needed their stars the most, they delivered individual brilliance.<\/p>\n
Max Jorgensen was quiet by his standards but he converted a rare chance with a lovely chip and grubber through for Harry Potter\u2019s try.<\/p>\n
Flyhalf Carter Gordon then one-upped him, showing the rapid pace with a spectacular 50 metre solo try that saw him burn Test teammate Potter to seal the win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queensland Reds rallied in the final quarter to take down arch rivals NSW Waratahs 26-17. It makes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,32951,12061,760,85,48013],"class_list":["post-540001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nsw-waratahs","tag-queensland-reds","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-super-rugby-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540001","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=540001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}