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Latrell reveals World Cup backflip quandary - CtrlF.XYZ

Latrell reveals World Cup backflip quandary

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Latrell Mitchell has revealed helium went adjacent to backflipping connected the Rugby League World Cup, explaining a "rollercoaster" play had him considering whether to walk the clip astatine his workplace instead.

Mitchell's packed 2022 campaign, which featured an NRL semi-final with the Rabbitohs and full State of Origin bid for New South Wales, took connected adjacent much erstwhile the superstar was selected successful the Kangaroos' World Cup squad.

Mitchell is simply a subordinate of a 24-man Australian squad acceptable to statesman its World Cup run successful England connected Sunday greeting (AEDT).

"I was conscionable reasoning astir the kids and conscionable going backmost to my farm, to beryllium honest," Mitchell told 9News.

"It was a agelong year, I've had a beauteous up-and-down, rollercoaster of a season.

"I was benignant of contemplating.

"But large Mal (Kangaroos manager Mal Meninga) gave maine a call, and I conscionable knew that it was thing I wanted to beryllium a portion of.

"It was decidedly hard, getting connected the level and cruising, due to the fact that I similar staying connected the land."

Mitchell and large mate Josh Addo-Carr are among the elder harvest of Kangaroos, with Meninga blooding 13 debutants for the archetypal World Cup since 2017.

The youngest of the uncapped Kangaroos is 19-year-old Cowboys back-rower Jeremiah Nanai.

"I benignant of pinch myself a small spot due to the fact that I was an 18-year-old kid, 19-year-old kid asking the older fellas playing," Mitchell said.

"It's freaky," Addo-Carr added successful the 9News interview.

Australia volition play its archetypal World Cup lucifer against Fiji astatine Headingley Stadium successful Leeds.

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