NSW adviser Greg Alexander has gone in to bat for Blues coach Brad Fittler, slamming “cheap” criticism of his choice choices.
Fittler’s resolution to choose Hynes on the bench for Game I earlier than axing him from the group was closely questioned, with Mitchell Moses changing the injured Nathan Cleary.
According to the SMH, Hynes’ snub for Game II merely got here right down to the selectors believing Moses was a greater match for the NSW facet.
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Alexander, who performed six video games for NSW, stated the personaly criticism of Fittler was “not acceptable”.
“I think there’s been times when it’s really cheap… when they are ridiculing Freddy’s ethos. Some people hang their criticism on him being different,” Alexander stated.
“I mean, the bare feet, so much is made of it. It’s just five minutes of like the end of training and the players like it… doing things a little bit differently.”
He additionally backed Fittler to proceed because the Blues coach and defined he additionally needs to proceed to be part of the NSW set-up.
“I’d like to see him go around again, he’s done so much for this state and he has so much to offer,” Alexander stated.
“It has been a privilege to be involved with the best players in the game,.
“Spending time with them; it’s an honour to be doing the role that I’m doing … And, yeah, of course you don’t want to let anything go; something that you love doing.”
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HORSBURGH’S SHOCK RISE
Maroons debutant Corey Horsburgh has opened up on his shock rise to the Origin area and the way accidents nearly completed his profession earlier than it even started.
The 25-year-old has been named on the bench for Queensland, changing injured Broncos prop Tom Flegler in an enormous reward for his robust 2023 kind.
But it wasn’t at all times easy crusing for the fiery redhead after packing his baggage and transferring from Townsville to Canberra, making his NRL debut in 2019.
Horsburgh suffered a a number of accidents throughout the 2020 and 2021 seasons and admitted to The Courier Mail he questioned whether or not he would play NRL once more.
One explicit foot damage was the worst of the bunch, tearing each ligament off each toe.
“I wasn’t the same for a bit there and thought I’d never get to where I was again. I ran into a few more injuries after that,” Horsburgh stated.
“One year I thought I’m going to work really hard in the off-season and that’s when my body started to come good. I’m happy I stuck at it.
“I’m a pretty dedicated person so I wasn’t going to give up.”
Horsburgh was one of many Cowboys’ brightest abilities coming by their junior system, however revealed he was additionally a proficient Australian guidelines participant.
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He was even a member of the Brisbane Lions academy and tried his hand at cricket additionally.
“I played cricket as a (fast) bowler but had to give up because of back injuries,” Horsburgh stated.
“I also played AFL and was better at it and was in the Lions Academy when I was 14. I stopped playing AFL when I was 16.
“I was a hard worker so I guess you never know (if I could have made it).”
Horsburgh’s agent additionally revealed the Raiders have started negotiations to increase the gun ahead’s contract past the 2024 season.
However, Horsburgh will sit down with Canberra powerbrokers after his Origin debut to barter his new deal.
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