Waratahs’ fans have always been a faithful and patient lot, able to cling to the slimmest glimmer of hope when everything else seems lost.
Friday’s heart-stopping 43-40 win over the Crusaders – which ended a sequence of five losses in a row this season – was the ultimate reward for their most loyal supporters because this was a game they never looked like winning.
Six times, the Waratahs fell behind the Crusaders but on each occasion they clawed their way back.
The decisive moment came right at the death. Will Harrison, who has endured two years of horror injuries, landed a penalty after the siren to send the contest into golden point.
Then the replacement five-eighth kept his cool one more time to land the winning field goal.
“It’s what dreams are made of to be honest,” Harrison said in a sideline interview with Stan.
“I spent so much time down at my local park kicking…
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