Starting his NRL career on the wing, there's no reason why the 23-year-old can't be blooded alongside Trbojevic out wide or vice versa if Fittler opts to go with both over Crichton, who would be an unfortunate player to miss out.

Trbojevic's man-of-the-match performance by the numbers

It's his defensive ability which has proven just as effective and is built for Origin. While Graham is yet to make his Origin debut he has featured in Blues camps in recent years after being earmarked as a teenager coming through the Rabbitohs system.Īfter making his Kangaroos debut at the World Cup last year, Graham is the NRL's leading try-scorer with 11 tries in nine games. The absences of Trbojevic and Mitchell throughout last year's series was evident with the pair the stars of the show in 2021 to help the Blues reclaim the shield.ĭespite their fullback heroics at club level, their ability to transition to the centres at representative level provides NSW with a clear level of strike on both edges while Trbojevic's ability to roam the field caused havoc for Queensland. There are three obvious players well and truly in the mix for Fittler's backline with Tom Trbojevic, Latrell Mitchell and Campbell Graham all knocking on the door. Crichton has been in good form for the Panthers in his swansong season before departing for the Bulldogs but Burton's lack of game-time in the centres this year will immediately place his spot under a cloud.

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