The unpredictability of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season continued in round nine with the then 6th-placed Waratahs upsetting the then table-topping Chiefs.
The NSW Waratahs have claimed a massive upset by beating the ladder-leading Chiefs 21-14 at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium.
Englishman Jamie Adamson has been named in the Waratahs’ starting side for the first time ahead of Friday night’s clash with the Chiefs.
Super Rugby Pacific round eight got underway at a wet FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton on Friday night. The wet conditions and surface played a massive part in the top-of-the-table clash, where the Chiefs beat the Queensland Reds 27-15.
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