Thorn's subtle jab at bitter rugby rivals

The Queensland Reds made a pre-season connection by thrashing the Western Force 45-10 successful Perth earlier manager Brad Thorn took a subtle swipe astatine his arch-rival NSW Waratahs.

Twelve-Test Wallabies guardant Harry Wilson and young winger Harry McLaughlin-Phillips some scored doubles for the Reds portion Tom Lynagh - the lad of the large Michael Lynagh - booted 4 conversions successful scorching 37 grade temperatures.

The Reds volition present instrumentality connected the Waratahs successful Narrabri connected Saturday with some teams pledging to sanction beardown sides for their 2nd proceedings game.

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Reds manager Brad Thorn speaks to the media aft his squad won the Super Rugby AU final. (Getty)

"They are the squad everyone's talking astir successful Australian rugby," Thorn said of NSW.

"They've got a batch of, I guess, strength. They've brought caller players in.

"They are going to beryllium a bully situation for us."

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Thorn was typically keeping his feet connected the crushed aft the large Force win.

"We got a deed out. You don't get excessively excited astir proceedings games. It's a proceedings game.

"Guys are coming disconnected and on. We're moving connected our game."

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The ACT Brumbies downed the Waratahs 31-26 successful the different Australian proceedings game.

Former sevens prima Corey Toole impressed for the Brumbies with a effort successful each fractional while caller five-eighth Jack Debreczeni besides made a assertion for the starting jersey.

With caller Wallabies manager Eddie Jones watching connected successful Griffith, Stephen Larkham's broadside held connected for the triumph contempt precocious tries to NSW's Tolu Latu and Ben Dowling.

Waratahs winger Dylan Pietsch suffered a quad strain that is apt to regularisation him retired of the Super Rugby Pacific play opener against the Brumbies connected February 24.

"Overall, it was a walk mark," NSW manager Darren Coleman said.

"We didn't get the triumph which was disappointing but for what we wanted to do, we achieved a fewer goals. There was immoderate bully lucifer fittingness for the boys and immoderate of our caller players showed america what they tin do. and the interaction they tin person for our team.

Waratahs manager Darren Coleman astatine the Sydney Cricket Ground. (Getty)

"It was large to spot Lachie Swinton backmost playing, Taleni Seu had immoderate bully involvements, portion Harrison Goddard had to play a batch much minutes than we had expected, and was truly good.

"Tom Lambert had immoderate bully carries portion Max Jorgensen got done 60 minutes successful his 2nd crippled of elder football.

"He made 1 oregon 2 small errors, but helium bounced back, caught immoderate precocious balls nether pressure, and volition beryllium amended and much assured for the run. All successful all, there's decidedly immoderate enactment ons but we'll determination connected and get acceptable for adjacent week's clash against the Reds."

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