Starting at number eight, Gunnedah junior Wilson bulldozed his way through the defence on the back of a strong Reds' scrum to open the scoring for the home side.

After a tightly-contested first half, with scores locked at 7-all at the break, Campbell then put the Reds ahead.

A bulldozing Hunter Paisami bumped off a number of Waratah defenders to provide Campbell, playing on the wing, with space to score under the posts. The Inverell junior converted his own try to make the score 14-7 in the 49th minute.

The hosts ran in another two tries to secure an unassailable lead, before the visitors hit back with two five-pointers in the final 10-minutes to bring the margin to nine-points.

Played in front of a strong crowd on the Darling Downs, Reds head coach Brad Thorn was pretty happy with what he saw, the performance following a 52-point win over the Melbourne Rebels seven days earlier.

"It was good to have another hit-out," Thorn said.

"I thought the calibre of play was different this week from the Waratahs, which helps the flow of the game."

"It was good to see some skills on display and some opportunities to work hard in defence."

"Dalby has been awesome, this is traditional rugby and we're really pleased to have played out here."

"I love regional trials, they're great opportunities to get out there and I really hope people feel like we have a real interest in rugby across the state."

The Reds will head to Canberra next week to face the Brumbies in the opening round of the 2020 Super Rugby season.