And two days after the devastating loss, the Panthers star was asked what he learned during a brutal State of Origin series.
And he was brazen.
“Don’t throw offloads in your own half,” Crichton told Channel Nine.
“Just a lot of errors that really killed us.
The young Blues centre made brilliant inroads into the Maroons defence and somehow got his hands free.
However, instead of taking the tackle, Crichton threw a pass back to a non-existent teammate.
The ball went into the in-goal area and a NSW player was forced to dive on it, which handed the Maroons six tackles from a drop out.
While the pass didn’t directly lead to points, it added to the trouble NSW faced in getting out of their own half.
Crichton wasn’t the only one to make a mistake, but he admitted the Blues rookies gave themselves little chance of reaching the other end of the field and win Game III.
