AS a 16-year-old at boarding school, none of Angus Crichton’s teachers ever told him to help the less fortunate students. It’s something he decided to do on his own.

Four years later and no longer at school, it’s something he’s still doing.

A fulltime NRL player with South Sydney, 20-year-old Crichton has been acting as a mentor and friend to four Indigenous teenagers on scholarship with Scots College from Arnhem Land.

Crichton was at the school as a rugby gun.

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Unlike Crichton, the indigenous students he’d taken a shine to weren’t on scholarship to work on their fend but to improve their quality of life.

Have had the most unreal time up north and can't wait to come back again next year #delly A photo posted by Angus Crichton (@anguscrichton) on Sep 30, 2016 at 4:09am PDT

Crichton started lending a hand as they got adjusted to life in the crazy bubble that is Sydney.

You could call it mentoring but Crichton calls it friendship.

“When they first moved to Sydney from up north, English is their second langue and they hadn’t really experienced anything like Sydney,” Crichton told foxsports.com.au.

“I saw that they were struggling a little with day to day stuff in a different way to how I struggled being in a big city.

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“They didn’t know about washing their clothes or showering and deodorant like the western people. It’s just a different way of being raised.

“Now I’ve left school, I’ve kept looking after them. I’ve been gone for two years. Simple stuff like clothes shopping or getting the clips out (and giving them) haircuts or (helping with) homework.

“I’m the closest thing they have to family in Sydney.

“A lot of boarders when they come from the country, their parents can drive down and see them but because they live at the top of East Arnhem Land, they don’t ever come down to Sydney so I check up on them.”

Angus Crichton charges forward. Source: News Corp Australia

While his teammates and other NRL players let their hair down partying and travelling over the off-season, Crichton continued to give.

The backrower, originally from the country NSW town of Young, took a week to visit his family on their farm before taking a three hour flight north.

It’s because of this bond he and the young men have built that he spent a week with the Gapuwiyak people, an Aboriginal community located in north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Not because he felt obligated but because he enjoys helping.

“I actually get more out of it than they do,” he said.

Boys up north with zero service #delly A photo posted by Angus Crichton (@anguscrichton) on Sep 24, 2016 at 4:37am PDT

“They’re just great people. I went up there and lived with the boys for a week. It was pretty unreal.”

Now back at pre-season training, Crichton is on limited duties with the rehab group after bending a screw that was inserted into his finger earlier this year.

Needing surgery in November after re-injuring his finger while training during the off-season, Crichton is expecting to be fully fit for the Auckland Nines in February.

Next season shapes as a big one for the Rabbit who played eight consecutive games in the top grade since making his NRL debut in round 19 this season.

“Coming into the pre-season there’s a lot of new faces and names and I have to earn my position,” he said.