Unlike Greg Inglis’s Rabbitohs fairytale, Latrell Mitchell is struggling with the responsibility that comes with the No 1 jersey
e arrived at Redfern overweight, riven with injury niggles, in a cloud of negative headlines. But he was a champion, a representative player at state and national level and a talisman in the Indigenous community. South Sydney knew this man could supercharge a golden era.
For rusted-on members of the red and green machine, it’s a sad return to the bad old days. South Sydney’s slump may be their worst start to a season since 2008 but that year they went 0-7 before tasting victory and in 2006 it was 0-12 before the win column was notched. Fullbacks are rugby league’s superstars. That No 1 jersey carries power – and responsibility. Prowling behind the lines, diffusing high kicks and making try-saving tackles, they play at the back but spearhead their teams, inverting the arrow of attack to explode through the line.
Souths continue to protect their golden boy. Former coach Wayne Bennett let Mitchell skip training to chill at the farm and Demetriou has spurned calls to snap his star’s lazy streak and curb his red mist by moving him closer to the action.
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