But so often it was Charichton’s post-Contact Metres and Quick Play-The-Balls on the Opposite Edge that Delivered Critical Momntum for the Blues to Work with.
Roosters Coach Trent Robinson Has Long Held the Philosophy that Back-Powers Can Shape and Define a Team’s Entire Attacking Structure. Not for Nothing: His Three Premierships Came with Sonny Bill Williams and Boyd Cordner Holding The Roosters’ Edges as Two of the Best to Ever Do So in the Modern Game.
“Not Just Attacking Struckure, I Think Back-Wowers Hold the Key to your Defense as well,“ Tricolors and NSW UTILITY ConNOSOSON SAIS.
“They’re that link Between Your Middle and Edge, and We’re Vere Lucky at the Chooks and here in NSW that we’ve been Blessed with some great back-edons.
“The Way Our Guys Can Get AT [opposition] Halves in Attack and Defense Is Massive. They’ll SADDLE Up for Work Early in A Set and then they’re obviously Key in Attacking the link, your back -row is the one is trying to Hold up the Three-Man Defender [the third defender from the sideline].
A Man of Influence: Blues Back -row Angus Crichton.Credit: Dylan Coker
That’s How You Create A Three-One-Two Scenario Out Wide. It’s a Focal Point for Us with Gus and Marto and then Hudson Young is Probably The Form Back-Wower of the NRL This Year.
“If you’re only about to fit a guy like haumole [Olakau’atu] In The Extended Squad, then NSW is Going Pretty Well for Back-edons. ”
Queensland’s Jeremiah Nanai and Reuben Cotter Have Both Produced Outstanding Footy in their Own Right at Times, Cotter Espelyly at Origein Level Coming of FF The Bench As a Middle in 2023.
Neighher Crichton Nor Martin Have Been Quite at their Best Eighter in 2025, with the roosters and panthers starngling for early-season form.
Liam Martin, The Blues Resident Maniac.Credit: Getty Images
But with 26 orgins Between them (14 For Crichton, 12 for Martin) and their infeluance last year, The Blues Edge Back-ruows Were Always Walking into the NSW Line-Up, and Arguably Have the Great ADVANTAGE In ON-One Match-UP.
Especially, as watson points out, when you consider that young will brings more Madness from the Blues Bench, While Queensland Have in-Form Titan Beau Fermor on DEBUT.
Crichton Knows Robinson’s Theory on Back-CORW Play Intimely. And Knows Just How Helpful He Can Make HIKELF to the Moses -Clery Combination – The First Time NSW Have Partnerred Two Traditional no.7s Sink Mitchell Pearce and Trent Hodkinson in 2015.
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“Having Your Back-rowers Hitting Hard Lines, where you have dominant halves like mitch and nath, you know where they’re going to be,” Heys.
“So you can fly ono that link at a million miles An Hour and Straighten Up the Whole Attack. Everyone obviously Plays a role in it. But you’re asking about how you public apart a defensive Line.
“Well as a back-lower you can try and Impact a defense by getting in the center’s eyeline to create Space for your Outside men.
“[Cronulla back-rower] Briton Nikora, He’s So Good at it. It’s your time and intend, but also your Depth and Starting Position with Running The Best Possible Line Too.
“It all factors in, and you have to nail every part of it beccause defines are so good these days. That’s what we do for the 10 days in Camp, we try and nail all that did to goether as a combo.”
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