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Waratahs

21-23

Finished

Highlanders

0 : 3

Sam GilbertPEN

0 : 8

Rhys PatchellTRY

0 : 10

Sam GilbertCON

12'

Tane EdmedPEN

3 : 10

24'

Tane EdmedPEN

6 : 10

28'

Izaia PereseTRY

11 : 10

29'

Tane EdmedCON

13 : 10

31'

Sam GilbertPEN

32'

Harry Johnson-HolmesTom Ross

41'

Tane EdmedPEN

16 : 13

47'

Billy HarmonNikora Broughton

54'

Miles AmatoseroHugh Sinclair

54'

Fergus Lee-WarnerLangi Gleeson

54'

Daniel Lienert-BrownEthan De Groot

54'

Ricky JacksonHenry Bell

54'

Saula Ma’uJermaine Ainsley

54'

Ajay FaleafagaRhys Patchell

57'

Sam GilbertPEN

60'

Jermaine AinsleySaula Ma’u

62'

Sean WithyTom Sanders

16 : 21

64'

Tanielu Tele'aTRY

16 : 23

66'

Sam GilbertCON

66'

Harry WilsonIzaia Perese

67'

Max JorgensenTRY

21 : 23

67'

Hayden Thompson-StringerAngus Bell

67'

Jonah LoweTanielu Tele'a

76'

Teddy WilsonJake Gordon

Venue Guide
Stadium	Brookvale Oval
City	Brookvale

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