Latrell Mitchell may have played his last match of the NRL season after South Sydney opts against fighting his charge for elbowing Newcastle forward Tyson Frizell.
abc.net.au/news/nrl-south-sydney-rabbitohs-latrell-mitchell-ban/102760194Latrell Mitchell may have played his last match of the NRL season after South Sydney opted against fighting his charge for elbowing Newcastle forward Tyson Frizell.He risked missing two matches had he challenged the charge at the judiciaryThe Rabbitohs, who have the bye this weekend, take on the Sydney Roosters in the final round of the regular season in what could be a winner-takes-all clash for a spot in the top eight.
Mitchell will be missing from their squad after the club chose to take an early guilty plea and a one-match ban for the fullback's elbow on Frizell in last Sunday's 29-10 loss to the Knights.Mitchell was charged with a grade-two dangerous contact offence and would have risked a two-week suspension if he had fought the charge and lost.It follows a frustrating pattern for Mitchell, whose performances have come under the microscope with South Sydney's late-season form slump.
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