Super Rugby 2024: [Video]

Waratahs five-eighth Will Harrison is a keen member of Coogee Surf Life Saving Club, and on Friday night he might have saved NSW’s season with two crucial kicks to snap the side’s losing streak.

The NSW playmaker stepped up when the team needed him most against the Crusaders, leading them to a 43-40 victory in Sydney after five straight Super Rugby defeats.

Harrison said he took inspiration from his lengthy period on the sidelines while nursing back-to-back serious knee injuries, which kept him out of the game for two years, and credited long hours perfecting his kicking for his nerveless display.

With time running out and the Waratahs three points down, Harrison nailed a penalty from 40 metres out to level the scores. Then in golden point, he slotted his first drop-goal attempt to give NSW a …