Coach defends Latrell act that led to mutiny claims

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Rabbitohs manager Jason Demetriou has launched a wholehearted defence of Latrell Mitchell aft the under-fire prima past week necked a brew astatine a performance days retired from South Sydney's decision to Newcastle.

Demetriou and South Sydney main enforcement Blake Solly fronted for a property league connected Wednesday greeting pursuing the departure of adjunct manager Sam Burgess, arsenic the nine fights a cognition that it is successful crisis.

Demetriou was peppered with questions about claims of preferential attraction of Mitchell and typical playmaker Cody Walker.

Those claims erupted aft imaginativeness of Mitchell chugging a brew astatine a state euphony performance past Wednesday nighttime went viral.

"There was astir apt fractional of the NRL astatine the Luke Combs concert," Demetriou said.

"Latrell was highly fortunate to beryllium brought connected signifier and walk a infinitesimal with 1 of the top state singers successful the satellite astatine the moment. He slugged a fewer shots of brew and chucked the tin successful the air, but helium was the archetypal won successful the gathering connected Thursday morning. He trained the location down, his prep during his wounded clip has been first-class.

"He lives the standards that we speech about, helium drives the standards wrong these 4 walls."

Rabbitohs prima Latrell Mitchell. (Scott Gardiner/Getty Images)

The Sydney Morning Herald's Andrew Webster reports that cipher successful powerfulness astatine the Rabbitohs took Mitchell to task implicit the performance incident.

Four days later, helium was virtually unsighted arsenic the Rabbitohs mislaid 29-10 to the Knights successful Newcastle.

When his beingness was felt, it was due to the fact that of a propulsion and shove with Tyson Frizell, and precocious successful the crippled a inexpensive changeable connected his NSW Blues teammate that lumped him with a one-match ban.

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The Rabbitohs person a bye this week earlier gathering arch-rivals the Roosters astatine Sydney Olympic Park successful the past circular of the regular season, successful a crippled that volition determine if South Sydney reaches the finals.

Webster made a telling revelation amid the claims of mutiny ripping done the club, revealing that during a video league Mitchell snapped astatine skipper Cameron Murray for not passing him the shot erstwhile helium wanted it.

"When I telephone for it, springiness it to me," Mitchell said.

Murray clapped back.

"Most of the time, you're not there," helium said.