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Waratahs on brink of abyss ahead of line-in-sand Super Rugby clash with Reds – The Guardian
Fifty-nine years after NSW deemed Queensland unworthy opponents, the boot is now on the other foot
Super RugbyFifty-nine years after NSW deemed Queensland unworthy opponents, the boot is now on the other foot
Tue 23 Mar 2021 16.30 GMT
In 1962 the NSW Waratahs refused to play Queensland in the old, amateur interstate series because they considered the Reds not good enough. The insult has never been forgotten, nor forgiven, north of the Tweed, but it motivated Queensland to improve and within a generation the Reds emerged as the best provincial team in world rugby.
Now the tables have turned and…
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