Huge coup for Rabbitohs as 'crown jewel' signs

Damien Cook has signed for 2 much years astatine South Sydney - but superstar Latrell Mitchell is astir to spell 1 better.

Wide World of Sports has learned that Mitchell has formally agreed to a three-year declaration that volition spot him enactment astatine the Rabbitohs until astatine slightest the extremity of 2026.

The woody is expected to beryllium officially announced by the Rabbitohs aboriginal adjacent week.

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Damien Cook, Cody Walker, Latrell Mitchell and Cameron Murray of the Rabbitohs. (Mark Kolbe via Getty Images)

That lone leaves Cody Walker of Souths' 'big three' to travel to presumption with - and helium is besides expected to enactment astatine Redfern connected a caller two-year deal.

While Cook and Walker are large signings, Mitchell is the jewel successful Souths' crown and his determination not to trial the marketplace is simply a monolithic boost for the club.

It is besides a ballot of religion from the erstwhile Rooster successful manager Jason Demetriou, who did a good occupation guiding Souths to wrong a crippled of the expansive last successful 2022.

Now that the November 1 transportation deadline has passed, Mitchell could speech to immoderate nine and would beryllium successful blistery demand.

But the prima fullback has fto it beryllium known helium is not looking around.

"Hopefully I motion with Souths, that is my adjacent goal," Mitchell told Fox Sports.

"Once I get that done I conscionable privation to triumph comps. That's each I'm chasing.

"I privation to bash that astatine South Sydney and make a bequest astatine Souths."

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