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Young No.10 Will Harrison suffered a shoulder injury as the Waratahs beat the Brumbies 24-14 in a Super Rugby trial match in persistent rain at Bowral.
Harrison came off clutching his shoulder in the final minutes, while the Brumbies had earlier lost their playmaker Rodney Iona to a calf injury.
A Tahs spokesman told The Roar the seriousness of Harrison’s injury would not be known until he was examined on Monday. He said the team had no other injury concerns emerging from the trial.
The Tahs gave 39 players a run while the Brumbies featured a 17-man bench as coaches Darren Coleman and Dan McKellar were grateful for the hit out despite tough conditions.
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Iona only played 15 minutes before limping off, with Wallabies No.10 Noah Lolesio getting the bulk of the match as his replacement.
“We’ll have a look at Rodney Iona, a bit of a sore calf there. It was tough conditions to play any sort of footy,” McKellar told the Canberra Times.
“It was a good day to test our defence and review our defence. It gives us something to review as a coaching group. When we applied pressure through our kicking game and put them under pressure with our kick chase, I thought that was good.
“Lineout and maul showed some good signs there, a lot of young blokes there doing it for the first time. A little bit disappointed with how we scrummaged but they were out there with pretty much their first-choice pack. It was a good learning for some of our young boys.”
McKellar gave a start to former Wallabies winger Chris Feauai-Sautia who joined from the Reds while there were also starting debuts for Hudson Creighton at outside centre, Remsy Lemisio at loosehead, Charlie Cale at flanker and Declan Meredith on the wing.
Ryan Lonergan, who captained the Brumbies, scored inside the opening two minutes before the YTahs crossed through centre Lalakai Foketi after an attacking scrum in the Brumbies 22.
Ben Donaldson missed the kick to leave the score at 7-5 at halftime.
Donaldson scored a brilliant solo try in the second half while Waratahs winger James Turner added an excellent finish in the corner and later sealed the win with his second.
“We’ve spoken a lot about being Tah tough and that’s exactly what we were tonight,” Coleman said as per the Tahs website.
“I thought we defended our try-line with passion and vigour, and I couldn’t be prouder of the effort the boys put in tonight.
“I’m really pleased for the boys that played all last year without a win to get that winning feeling back.”