Crichton pledges his loyalty

tention of turning his back on the lucrative three-year Roosters deal he signed late last year.

With his club now flying high and on the back of an Origin series for the Blues, his commitment to the tricolours has recently come into question.

But he put any rumours to bed yesterday saying he will honour the contract, like he did the remainder of his current Rabbitohs deal. He could have walked away when he first signed for the Bondi club but he didn’t.

“They [the Roosters] know that I signed a contract and I’m true to my word. They knew that when I signed and then I chose to stay at Souths this year, that if I sign a contract I want to honour it, that’s the kind of person I am,” he said.

So loyalty isn’t completely dead in rugby league and Crichton’s stance is refreshing in the era of rugby league being first and foremost a business.

But would his loyalty waver if he finished the season with a premiership ring?

“When I signed the contract I thought through all the options [including winning a title]. It wasn’t a short process. I didn’t just sign without thinking about it, I thought about it for a good month or so. Slept on it and when I made my decision I made it clear that was final,” he said.