Coach Craig Morriss said it was the experienced players who stood tall for the Blacks.

"It was a great effort by the boys and Chris Latu and Dan McGreal lead from the front," he said.

"It was a big effort from the club to go over there what happened last season."

The Blacks held the lead until the final minutes of the game before the Waratahs were able to score two quick tries. Morriss feels it comes down to a lack of experience when it comes to closing out games.

"We have a bit of work to do when it comes to the end of games," he said.

"With not a lot of close games over recent years, we haven't had a lot of close finishes to get experience in this situation."

Morriss wants to see the same levels of dedication to their game against Aggies as they showed last weekend.

"The whole club has been chipping away with the changing of the culture," he said.

"The attitude has been changing for the better, and it has been seeing more dedication to training which is starting to pay off.

"We will need to show the same dedication against a strong Aggies side."

The Blacks will be heading into the tough clash with a strong side with only one of their key backline players unavailable.

"We are looking pretty good after a strong turnout to training," he said.

"Daniel Bozic is the only one who will be out at this stage with a badly broken nose after a bad high shot last weekend.

"It's a shame for him because it was his first game back after missing the start of the season. He has had some bad luck with injuries over the last couple of seasons."

This weekend will see the Blacks taking to the field on Exies Oval No 2 with the Swans playing on the main ground on Saturday.

The action will get underway with the third graders taking to the field at 12pm while first grade will kick off at 3.20pm.