Fresh faces reignited an age-old rivalry when New South Wales hosted Queensland in Round Three of Super Rugby Men's U16s.
The Waratahs were flying high after two mammoth bonus-point wins over the Western Force (96-7) and ACT Brumbies (97-0) while the Reds headed to Sydney fresh from a 63-point thrashing of Victoria.
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The traditional NSW-Queensland clash also served as a rematch of last year's U16s decider, won by the Waratahs in a 31-29 thriller at Ballymore.
NSW emerged 54-45 victors after leading 40-7 at half time with Queensland finishing strongly.
WARATAHS 1-15: Asera Peniata, Archie Hill, Kaiasi Talakai, Will Gencur, Ruari Basten, Jayden Richards, Eddie Garcia, Cordell Arama, Izak Holmes, Wilson Ruthven (c), Benjamin Wright, Charlie Xuereb, Payton Tarau, Asher Chapman, Finn Hannon
Reserves: Henry Baxter, Hugo Lestrange, Riley Paki, Marlee Thomas, Cooper Williams, Henry Salter, Ziyon Lepolo, Fletcher Herrman
REDS 1-15: Jeremiah Kite, Xavier Hill, Nate Te Whitu, Nathan Van Huyssteen, Denver Bradford, Charlie Grieves, Henry Willis, Ryker Smith, Ralph Labor, Charlie Meredith, Seth Chapman, Karter Iva, Sangwani Chinula, Mitchell Durrheim, James Smith (c)
Reserves: Noah Gaffney, Moses Faleafa, Harry O'Hare, Fraser Boakes, Dylan Goodwin, Matti Gill, Harry Dowling, Will Robinson