New South Wales had one hand on the 2025 U15s Academy Series after last week's thrilling win over Queensland at Ballymore Stadium.
The Waratahs clinched a high-scoring 38-37 victory over the Reds last week to go up 1-0 in the two-game series and return to Sydney full of confidence.
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But Queensland had other ideas in today's return fixture, racking up a 39-26 win across the border to square the ledger - for full details, watch the replay below or visit the Match Centre.
The Waratahs-Reds Super Rugby Men's U16s clash follows from 2:10pm AEDT (1:10pm AEDT).
Queensland Reds 39 (Grellman, Stanbury, Gibb, Ioane, Walters, Keke tries; Zeremes 2, De Swardt cons; Samson pen) def NSW Waratahs 26 (Mullins 2, Hayward, Brown tries; Bowen 3 cons)
WARATAHS 1-15: Christopher Suaalii, Lucas Villate-Gallagher, Sebastian Conna, Josaiah Manuofetoa, Cooper Hayward, Wesley Moala (c), Andrew Larkin, Urijah Brown, Riley Carr, Billy Bowen (vc), Lorima Ravouvou SeuSeu, Ezekiel Stanley-Ligaiviu, Khan Jackson, Ethan Mullins, Henry Perkins
Reserves: Jack Corbett, Ben Fieldus, Samoagagalo Tuigamala, Nathan Maier, Bronson Tupou, Cruz Holmes, Levi Perrett, Devida Hopoate
REDS 1-15: Marcus Grehan, Nelsoni Takai, Stanley Grellman, Hugo Vukovich, Kaiya Tafea, Oliver Smith, Hugh Stanbury (c), Lachlan Webster, Thomas Gibb, Levi Fien, Sammy Samson, William Jessiman, Digby Ioane, Zac Zeremes, Kolby Walters
Reserves: Jerome Whippy, Joseph Keke, Knight Tanielu, Kane Kinnaird, Toby Bretherton, Alby Galbraith, Joshua Andrews, Daniel De Swardt
