So what next for the Waratahs? Former Wallabies international Matt Burke asks this very question in the Sydney Morning Herald.
"Last weekend was about the influence of Berrick Barnes and those around him. This week it is about the forwards taking charge. It's about being confrontational, combative and aggressive.
"Criticism is always very easy to dish out when a team snatches a win, as the Waratahs did last Saturday night in Brisbane. For many critics, it's as if the opposition lost the game rather than the victors winning it. But NSW stuck at it for 80 minutes and capitalised on the penalties the Reds gave them.
"I didn't think at any stage in the final stages that Phil Waugh looked like losing his composure. NSW's intensity lifted and, despite not having a lot of scoring opportunities for most of the game, the visitors saw chances open up in the last 10 minutes and were good enough to take them."
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