Groundhog Day: How NSW saved the game, just 25 minutes too late

Ever since Latrell Mitchell and Tom Trbojevic played out of position at centre in 2021 – the last series NSW won – the toughest defensive role in the game has brought the Blues undone., triggered rugby league’s version of Bill Murray waking every day to the same damn song inPoor old Nicho Hynes found himself defending at right centre – where Cameron Munster shoved him off to set up a match-winning try in Adelaide last year.

Queensland kept coming down that edge, and it wasn’t until Stephen Crichton was switched from to the right, and Angus settled in for 50 minutes defending in his place at left centre, that NSW were able to stop them. “The send-off was unfortunate. But I thought NSW reacted poorly and didn’t make the change they needed to make as soon as ,” Blues coaching great Phil Gould said at the break.

“I thought the boys adjusted quite well but you never plan for having a bloke off in a circumstance like that.”Captain Jake Trbojevic – the sky blue glue in their middle defence – couldn’t get back on until the game was gone because Isaah Yeo’s mobility was needed inside the right-side back-rower.

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