Slick ball movement was a key to the clash at Beres Ellwood Oval on Saturday, as Waratahs made their rivals pay out wide.

With plenty of speed to burn on both edges, the more experienced team continued to find inroads.

Corey Toole crossed for a hat-trick on one wing while Blake Hart snared a double on the other.

The forwards did plenty of work as well, creating the platform for the attack.

Assistant coach Angus Macleod was pleased to start the season with a win, but expects plenty of improvement from the side going forward.

“Certainly a win is always a positive start, but it was certainly not to the level we would like to be playing,” Macleod said.

“We started slow and scrappy but that was always going to be the case as we haven’t had as many trial games as we would have liked and we are still working on combinations.

“It was good to see some players play and there was certainly some individual brilliance out there.”

Overcoming a sluggish start, Waratahs were on the board after Jock Munro scored off a maul.

They then appeared to benefit from a missed knock on from Dan Selmes after a line out before sending the ball across the width of the field for Hart to score.

Aggies then had their own stroke of luck when awarded a penalty try after Toole was deemed to have brought down Lochlan Ramm with a high tackle 20 metres out from the try line following a break.

However it seems to spur Waratahs on as Sam Bunny scored twice, including a good impersonation of a winger, before Toole crossed for a 34-7 half-time lead.

It took a while for Waratahs to score in the second half but they did after a big break from prop Chris Murray set up Hart for his second.

The scrum was a big asset for last year’s grand finalists with Jake Eaglesham the next to score from close range.

Toole then added two more to his tally with long range efforts before Selmes, who was strong in a different role at halfback, won a foot race to score.

Ag College found their way over in the dying stages as Will Brown crossed from close range in what was the last play of the game.

Macleod was pleased with the team’s support play during the second half as things started to open up.

Aggies have plenty to work on before a trip to Griffith on Saturday while come up against Albury.