NSW coach Brad Fittler lacks confidence in Kodi Nikorima and Anthony Milford's game management credentials, encouraging Brisbane coach Anthony Seibold to throw recruit Sean O'Sullivan his chance.

Fittler suggested the pair looked clueless at times in their season-opening loss to Melbourne and failed to build pressure with a solid game plan in mind.

“Between the both of them they don’t have that composure,” Fittler told Channel Nine's Sunday Footy Show.

“You talk about Cameron Smith who’s the master of being composed, he throws the big pass from dummy-half and the ball goes over there, he gets into the middle and gets the ball back.

“They don’t do that, they’re running around with their heads flying everywhere, watching the ball and not thinking about the next play and where the ball needs to be in two tackles.

“They just don’t have that in them. Young Sean O’Sullivan, he’s on the extended bench, he’s that type of player.”

Criticism has followed the halves pairing since their inception last year as cracks started to appear in the absence of now St George Illawarra playmaker Ben Hunt.

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The Broncos lost three of their first five games in 2018, however Milford and Nikorima came to fruition towards the back end of the year before a shock exit out of the finals at the hands of Hunt's Dragons.

Nikorima found form in New Zealand's end of year Test series defeat to England and was a superstar in the club's trial against Gold Coast, however the critics were quick to jump on his performance on Thursday night as O'Sullivan's named popped up again.

1. Isaako

3. Boyd

6. Milf

7. O’Sullivan

14. Nikorima



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O'Sullivan was handed his NRL debut last year on the Gold Coast, scoring a controversial try for the Roosters.

Along with Nikorima and Milford, the trio have been working closely with NRL legends Andrew and Matthew Johns, who Seibold also used as mentors in Redfern, to quickly adapt to their new coach's playing style.