{"id":405948,"date":"2024-06-24T11:51:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=405948"},"modified":"2024-06-24T21:07:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T21:07:02","slug":"of-course-crichton-ready-for-next-step-with-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=405948","title":{"rendered":"'Of course': Crichton ready for next step with Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\ufefftephen Crichton<\/a> has helped transform the Bulldogs<\/a> into a finals contender this year and the superstar centre already has his eye on another leadership role.<\/p>\n

In his first year at Belmore, the 23-year-old has taken over the captaincy with ease and lifted the standards at the club, pushing them into the NRL top-eight.<\/p>\n

Crichton is one of the game's most respected players and it was no surprise to see him selected for the NSW Blues<\/a> for the first two games of this year's State of Origin series.<\/p>\n

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But his role in the side could potentially expand in the coming years and Crichton admits captaining his state is something he would be more than open to.<\/p>\n

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\ufeff"Of course, that's something very special and very big as well for myself \u2026 if the time is right [I would do it]," he told 9News Sydney.<\/p>\n

Crichton was a rare shining light for the Blues in the series opener, \ufefffinishing with 130 run metres and three tackle breaks as the Maroons record a 38-10 victory in Sydney.<\/p>\n

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Despite the result, Crichton has remained upbeat in camp ahead of game two and has taken notes from former skipper James Tedesco<\/a> when it comes to his preparation.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"It always hurts losing, especially in this arena," he said.<\/p>\n

"We took a lot of confidence out of game one, obviously going down to 12 and the boys kept fighting until the end. There's a lot of positive signs there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"I always spoke to Teddy about how he approached games and just watching the way that he preps is very motivating – it definitely helped myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

"I've got a little journal that I do every morning and then my game day journal as well, with a few goals and who I'm going up against."<\/p>\n

Crichton will move to the right side of the field in Melbourne on Wednesday night, accommodating the return of Latrell Mitchell at left centre.<\/p>\n

The polarising Rabbitohs superstar was one of five changes made by coach Michael Maguire, with club teammate Cameron Murray also earning a recall to the NSW lineup.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

S\ufefftephen Crichton has helped transform the Bulldogs into a finals contender this year and the superstar centre already has his eye on another leadership role. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":405950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=405948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405952,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405948\/revisions\/405952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/405950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=405948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=405948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=405948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}