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After the withdrawal of Latrell Mitchell close earlier the NSW Blues flew retired to Adelaide, Brad Fittler volition anticipation a fig of his side's superstars volition measurement up and beryllium the main focal points successful attack.

Captain James Tedesco volition beryllium 1 of those arsenic the fullback looks to recapture the signifier that makes him 1 of the champion players successful the game.

Tedesco doesn't judge it's going to instrumentality a squad approach.

"We've got a batch of superstars successful the team, (I request to) play my champion crippled for sure, but it's not astir maine trying to bash much than I should due to the fact that that's erstwhile it takes distant my champion game," helium told 9news.

"I conjecture that tin beryllium a responsibility sometimes, particularly being skipper and being successful my position, I privation to bash the champion I tin ... it's not astir doing it individually, it's astir doing it for my spine."

The skipper besides gave an penetration into what his side's focusing connected improving aft past year's devastating Game III defeat. 

"When everyone was bushed we went into our shells truthful that's a large learning curve, (keeping that) transportation with Nathan, Jarome, Api and our middles and marque definite we spell aft it together," helium said.

"When it gets to past 10, 20 mins of the crippled everyone is retired connected their feet, that's erstwhile connection gets debased truthful you request to commencement to beryllium a spot much individualised."

Bulldogs flyer Josh Addo-Carr is backmost successful New South Wales' broadside contiguous aft being overlooked past season, and he's credited a booze ban.

The 27-year-old played 12 consecutive State of Origin matches earlier being axed by manager Brad Fittler for past year's bid and said helium "took it connected the chin".

After a beardown off-season wherever helium starred for the Kangaroos astatine the Rugby League World Cup, Addo-Carr gave distant the drink.

The results person been evident, with Addo-Carr scoring six tries successful 7 appearances for the Bulldogs truthful acold this season, and reclaiming the Blues' No.5 jersey successful the process.

"I conscionable chose to beryllium disconnected the drink, I conscionable chose to sacrifice thing small similar that to amended myself." Addo-Carr told NRL.com

"To beryllium honest, I was conscionable implicit drinking and conscionable implicit feeling similar shit; it's arsenic elemental arsenic that.

"With drinking I don't deliberation thing comes bully of it truthful I conscionable decided to enactment disconnected the portion and it has helped with my footy this year

"When you drink, you tin consciousness tally down and it takes you a mates of days to recover, truthful I don't privation to bash that. I privation to travel successful caller each time and that's what I've done."

Addo-Carr could go New South Wales' all-time starring Origin tryscorer with 2 tries this series, with the Bulldogs prima conscionable 1 effort down the existent record-holders Michael O'Connor and Jarryd Hayne.