will tear your team apart Playing the game as it should be played" —Waratahs website, Team song Development teams The New South Wales Waratahs own and manages two National Rugby Championship teams, the Sydney Rays and NSW Country Eagles. These NRC teams draw on a range of players ranging from full-time professionals to those on incentive contracts. These teams are closely aligned with the Waratahs and are based at Moore Park, the training venue used by the Waratahs. Outside of the NRC season, many of these players are retained in the Gen Blue (NSW A) team, which is the Waratahs elite development squad just below full-time professional level. The Sydney Rays and NSW Country Eagles also field Under 19 teams. Gen Blue (NSW A) The Gen Blue team plays matches against interstate and international representative teams, and has also competed in tournaments such as the Pacific Rugby Cup. Known by various names over the years including NSW A, Waratahs A, Gen Blue, and Junior Waratahs, the team is selected from the best emerging rugby talent in New South Wales. The squad is composed of Waratahs contracted players, extended training squad members, New South Wales Under 19s, and selected Shute Shield club players. Under 19 Two New South Wales teams, Sydney Rays U19 and NSW Country Eagles U19, play in the national URC competition. Prior to 2008, state colts teams at under 21 and under 19 age levels were fielded in national tournaments and competitions such as the Trans-Tasman Trophy. These colts teams were consolidated as under 20s ahead of the inaugural World Rugby U20 Championship. In 2018, an under 19 age limit was reinstated for the national colts team competition. Season standings {| class="wikitable" |- border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 ! style="width:20px;"| Season ! style="width:40px;"|Pos ! style="width:30px;"|Pld ! style="width:25px;"|W ! style="width:25px;"|D ! style="width:25px;"|L ! style="width:35px;"|Bye ! style="width:40px;"|F ! style="width:40px;"|A ! style="width:35px;"|+/- ! style="width:25px;"|BP ! style="width:35px;"|Pts ! style="width:200px;"|Finals results |- align=center |align=left|1996 |align=left|6th |11||5||0||6||NA||312||290||+22||8||28|| |- align=center |align=left|1997 |align=left|9th |11||4||0||7||NA||255||296||−41||4||20|| |- align=center |align=left|1998 |align=left|6th |11||6||1||4||NA||306||276||+30||4||30|| |- align=center |align=left|1999 |align=left|8th |11||4||1||6||NA||246||248||−2||6||24|| |- align=center |align=left|2000 |align=left|9th |11||5||0||6||NA||273||258||+15||5||25|| |- align=center |align=left|2001 |align=left|8th |11||5||0||6||NA||306||302||+4||5||25|| |- align=center |align=left|2002 |align=left|2nd |11||8||0||3||NA||337||284||+53||7||39||Lost Semi-final to |- align=center |align=left|2003 |align=left|5th |11||6||0||5||NA||313||344||−31||7||31|| |- align=center |align=left|2004 |align=left|8th |11||5||0||6||NA||342||274||+68||7||27|| |- align=center |align=left|2005 |align=left|2nd |11||9||0||2||NA||322||174||148||5||41||Lost Final to |- align=center |align=left|2006 |align=left|3rd |13||9||0||4||NA||362||192||170||9||45||Lost Semi-final to |- align=center |align=left|2007 |align=left|13th |13||3||1||9||NA||266||317||−51||7||21|| |- align=center |align=left|2008 |align=left|2nd |13||9||1||3||NA||255||186||+69||5||43||Lost Final to |- align=center |align=left|2009 |align=left|5th |13||9||0||4||NA||241||212||+29||5||41|| |- align=center |align=left|2010 |align=left|3rd |13||9||0||4||NA||385||288||+97||7||43||Lost Semi-final