The NSW Waratahs have stunned the entire competition with a 21-14 win over title favourites Chiefs.
Against all odds, the Waratahs showed incredible fight to shut down the Chiefs to secure one of their best wins ever.
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So what did we learn?
The NSW Waratahs must savour that win because it’s one of the finest in their history.
They were on the wrong end of a 18-4 penalty count, they were down captain Jake Gordon and Dave Porecki and had to defend well after the siren.
But they found a way.
Jamie Adamson was the man the made the difference, the flanker getting through a mountain of work to get the win in his first start.
It just proves why Super Rugby Pacific is the best competition in the world - you never know what to expect.
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii keeps getting better for the Waratahs.
The fullback was involved in everything early and finally got his first try after bumping off All Blacks Damian McKenzie and Quinn Tupaea.
He looked like he was going to create tries with every break and had the Chiefs in webs trying to stop him, resorting to high tackles that left Gideon Wrampling sitting for ten.
On top of this, it was his best defensive performance, making several key tackles and forcing the error at the end.
It creates an interesting dilemma for the Wallabies - do you keep Suaalii in the centres or move to fullback where he’s now thrived?
It started in the 26th minute when Lalakai Foketi did excellent work to get to the line before being denied for ‘simultaneous grounding’ on the sidelines.
With the on-field decision try, it’s a fascinating call, especially when the footage seemed to show grass before the line.
The Allianz Stadium crowd were only further riled up when Leroy Carter latched onto a ball that floated forward from Luke Jacobson.
It was a 14 point shift that kept a rusty Chiefs side in the game and very lucky not to cost the Waratahs the game.
Somewhere, there’s a park footy player playing an unreal game of Rugby because Damian McKenzie’s talent were zapped.
He was thumped by Ethan Dobbins to dislodge the ball and shrugged off by Suaalii in a three-minute stint.
The All Black made seven errors and looked at all sea, summing up the Chiefs’ night.
He said after the game he ‘let the team down’ but for a man that’s won them so many games in the past, no Chief will blame him.
If Teddy Wilson doesn’t win Try of the Year at the RA Awards, then we’ve seen something truly out of this world.
It was magical, from Andrew Kellaway’s break from his in-goal, to Lawson Creighton’s smarts to throw the ball over his head for the fullback.
The play was similar to what Kellaway started in Melbourne against Wales last year and lit up the Allianz Stadium crowd.
It was truly a sign that the Waratah's attack is starting to gel.
