Hudson Young emphasizes the NSW Blues need to improve their slow starts after a comeback win in Game One of State of Origin, highlighting persistent first-half struggles.
NSW back-rower Hudson Young says the Blues must kick the habit of starting slowly, after escaping from the series opener by conjuring the biggest comeback in State of Origin history.
Trailing 20-6 at halftime before winning 22-20, the game-one victory in Sydney - sparked by Kalyn Ponga's controversial second-half send-off - papered over the Blues' cracks.
In Laurie Daley's four games in charge of his second stint as NSW coach, the Blues have leaked 68 first-half points while scoring just 26 in the same period.