Fittler drives message into Blues squad ahead of final clash

SYDNEY: Blues coach Brad Fittler has instilled a ‘no regrets’ mantra into his troops as they try to break the ‘dead rubber’ syndrome that could thwart their quest for a series whitewash on Wednesday night on the Gold Coast.
Remember Fittler’s men led 2-0 in 2018 but lost the third game (18-12) to snuff out a series whitewash.
“We thought it would be our best approach. That if we worked a little bit harder than we have the last couple of games, then at the end of the day we can’t say ‘Well we didn’t prepare’,” Fittler told Triple M on Saturday.
“The players have got such good attitudes — they understood and they believed in what we were talking about.
“So it’s ‘all for one’ and that’s something we’ve had for the last four years … people see a lot of the stuff we do, but I think we’ve worked harder than a lot of the teams prior to us.”
The change in halves with Mitchell Moses and Jack Wighton linking up, plus the injury to Daniel Saifiti, means Fittler has had to re-design his game plan.
“Normally we’ve had three big fellas and now we’re going in with two, so that also changes the way we’re going to have to play a fair bit as well,” he said. – NRL