Angus Crichton spends his honeymoon in Origin camp with the Blues

Angus Crichton is enjoying the most unconventional of honeymoons this week. The NSW Blues and Roosters star opens up on juggling his representative and connubial commitments.

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Honeymoons are usually spent basking in the sun on a beach somewhere, sipping pina coladas without a care in the world.

Angus Crichton’s destination looks a bit different as he faces the icy cold winds and bone-drenching rain of the Blue Mountains at a gruelling State of Origin Game I camp.

Crichton’s early days of married life might not be the most traditional, swapping time with the missus for time with the boys, but the new Mrs Crichton couldn’t have been prouder to see her husband recalled to the Blues.

“We went to dinner last night (Sunday) and it’s obviously a bit of a nervous wait. It’s never a sure thing (getting picked) in these teams,” Crichton said.

“She was very happy.”

Crichton and partner Chloe, originally from England, tied the knot in the Hunter Valley earlier in the month during a Roosters week off after the star back rower proposed last December while holidaying in Europe.

“It was probably the most eventful bye week I’ve had in my career,” Crichton said.

“I think I’ve already sort of felt married, but it’s good to have it all done.

“She’s a big family woman. We had her mum and dad and brother fly out and come and experience Australia, and I had some pretty good weather up in the Hunter Valley for the couple of days we were there so it was a special time.”

Though they were afforded picture perfect sunshine on the day, Crichton’s next week in Leura is perhaps more like what Chloe would be used to in her Manchester home.

But advice on the weather is minor compared to the role Chloe’s played in helping Crichton back to the best version of himself both on and off the field.

“She’s very grounding and supportive. She’s a great person and she brings out the best in me,” he said.

“My wife. Sounds funny saying that, but its good.”

Crichton was last year’s player of the series as the Blues won 2-1 after game three at Suncorp Stadium. Picture: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images.

It’s the happiest a now settled down Crichton has been since some of his darkest times in late 2022 when the Roosters back rower was at the centre of a misunderstood police incident in Paris that brought up his battles with mental health.

She’ll also be the reason he can take his near perfect series last year, where he won the player of the series, to another level this time round.

“We’ll be making sure we’re leaving no stone unturned. I’m really excited to get away with these guys and get to work and form some combinations and figure out the way we’re going to play,” Crichton said.

When he gets back from the Suncorp cauldron, Crichton will turn his attention to finding a quieter place of his own after his three-bedroom Rose Bay home sold this week for $3.135m, more than $600,000 over expectations.

The star back-rower has also been just as busy in his business ventures with plans to open the second of his AC Flo barbershops in Darlinghurst.