League great rips Latrell, Wighton over dust-up

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When Mark Carroll was pressed connected the early-morning scuffle betwixt Latrell Mitchell and Jack Wighton, the erstwhile rugby league hard antheral whacked the prima pair.

Carroll was being interviewed connected 2GB's Wide World of Sports vigor erstwhile helium was asked astir the disfigured incidental successful Canberra, which saw Mitchell and Wighton arrested and charged by ACT Police pursuing a dust-up extracurricular a nightclub successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday.

The New South Wales State of Origin teammates spent the nighttime successful constabulary cells, earlier being released successful clip to question to Sydney and alert with the Indigenous squad to New Zealand, wherever Saturday's NRL All Stars crippled volition beryllium played.

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"They're out having a bully time," Carroll said.

"At the extremity of the day, mate, thing bully happens aft midnight. Get home! Like, seriously, what is going on?"

Mitchell, who was successful Canberra for Wighton's 30th day celebrations, was charged with warring successful a nationalist place, affray and resisting arrest.

Wighton was charged with warring successful a nationalist spot and nonaccomplishment to determination on.

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Mitchell and Wighton were some tight-lipped erstwhile approached by media astatine Sydney Airport and successful New Zealand connected Monday, but their absorption institution spoke for them.

"For ineligible reasons we cannot remark connected the charges that are earlier the tribunal astatine the moment," No Limit said successful a statement.

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"However, we wanted to explicit remorse for putting ourselves successful the presumption to embarrass our clubs and the NRL implicit the weekend.

"We were determination to observe Jack's 30th with household and friends. While everyone enjoyed a large night, we recognize that our wrestle, arsenic harmless arsenic we believed it to be, was a mediocre determination and whitethorn person looked bad.

"We are atrocious for this and cognize that we request to beryllium amended erstwhile successful public.

"We stay large friends and are looking guardant to proudly representing our assemblage astatine All Stars this weekend."

Mitchell and Wighton volition beforehand the ACT Magistrates Court connected February 22.

The NRL integrity portion is investigating the matter.

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