New South Wales prop Aaron Woods says his fellow front-rower Andrew Fifita will be back to his best next Wednesday night after a forgettable Game II performance in Sydney.

Fifita was man of the match in Game I but failed to fire at ANZ Stadium.

“They attacked him real hard when he had the ball,” Woods said.

“So I think he’s gone away, and I assume he would have watched the game a few times, where he carried and how they came into contact with him. So knowing Fifita, he would have done a lot of work on that and trying to fix it up.

“A lot of people think he’s just big and fast but he’s actually a very smart footballer, so I’m sure he’s thought of some ways to fix it up.”

Coach Laurie Daley may well still start David Klemmer ahead of Fifita with former Blues bookend Mark Carroll calling for the Bulldogs enforcer to start the game.