The Crusaders held on to beat the Waratahs 14-16 in their final Super Rugby warm up match held on Thursday at Sydney's Allianz Stadium.
The Crusaders got off to a strong start and led 0-13 by half time but the Waratahs fought back with two second half tries and the Crusaders could only add a penalty in the half.
New Waratahs signing Israel Folau was named man of the match.
More to follow.
Final Score Waratahs 14 (0) Crusaders 16 (13)
Teams
Waratahs
15. Israel Folau , 14. Lachie Turner, 13. Adam Ashley-Cooper , 12. Tom Carter , 11. Tom Kingston , 10. Ben Volavola , 9. Grayson Hart , 8. Wycliff Palu ,7. David Hickey ,6. Dave Dennis (C),5. Mitchell Chapman , 4. Sitaleki Timani , 3. Sekope Kepu , 2. Tatafu Polota-Nau , 1. Benn Robinson ,
Replacements: Luke Holmes , John Ulugia , Paddy Ryan , Jeremy Tilse , Brendan McKibbin , James Hilgendorf , Cam Crawford , Michael Hodge, Drew Mitchell , Michael Hooper , Jed Holloway , Lopeti Timani , Kane Douglas , Greg Peterson.
Crusaders
1. Wyatt Crockett, 2. Ben Funnell, 3. Owen Franks, 4. Luke Romano, 5. Samuel Whitelock, 6. George Whitelock, 7. Matt Todd, 8. Kieran Read (c), 9. Andy Ellis, 10. Daniel Carter, 11. Johnny McNicholl , 13. Robbie Fruean, 14. Adam Whitelock, 15. Israel Dagg
Resplacements : 16. Codie Taylor , 17. Joe Moody, 18. Dominic Bird, 19. Luke Whitelock, 20. Willi Heinz, 21. Tom Taylor, 22. Tom Marshall, 23. Telusa Veianu, 24. Shane Christie , 25. Tom Donnelly, 12. Ryan Crotty, 26. Corey Flynn
