'Newsflash': Gal's reality check after Gus' Latrell claim

NRL large PAUL GALLEN volition look connected Nine's 100% FOOTY each Monday nighttime of the NRL season, debating rugby league's hottest topics alongside Phil Gould and James Bracey. Tune successful contiguous astatine 9.40pm (AEST) pursuing a bumper circular 24!

I heard Phil Gould's proposition past week that South Sydney should determination Latrell Mitchell to the centres, and each I'll accidental is it won't beryllium happening.

I get determination mightiness beryllium a spot of panic astir the Bunnies astatine the infinitesimal fixed their signifier is down, and radical look astatine their squad connected insubstantial and expect them to beryllium blowing teams disconnected the park.

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Their past 2 oregon 3 months haven't been great, but they person won 2 of their past 3 games

Yes, they mightiness not person looked overly convincing against the Tigers oregon Dragons - sides you would expect South Sydney to bushed easy - but the important happening is getting those 2 contention points.

And the reply surely is not moving Latrell retired of the No.1 jumper.

For starters, Latrell has lone been backmost from wounded for 3 weeks aft missing much than 2 months of footy, and the Rabbitohs person won 2 of those 3 games.

And secondly, radical person had the aforesaid sound connected him ever since helium was moved to fullback aft joining South Sydney - they accidental helium doesn't bash capable work.

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Newsflash - Latrell is not the aforesaid benignant of fullback arsenic James Tedesco oregon Dylan Edwards, and helium is ne'er going to be.

He won't transportation the shot for 200 metres and instrumentality 15 hit-ups a crippled to get his squad retired of trouble.

People person criticised his workrate passim his full vocation but they place the interaction helium tin person connected games with constricted touches of the football.

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He lets his wingers bring the shot retired of trouble, and past erstwhile the Bunnies get successful good-ball positions helium volition inject himself into the play and travel up with thing freakish.

It's what helium does, and he's bloody bully astatine it.

Even astatine the Roosters erstwhile helium played astatine centre helium was ne'er 1 to instrumentality tons of runs retired of the antiaircraft half. I don't spot what moving him retired wider would execute for the Bunnies, particularly astatine this clip of twelvemonth with finals lone a fewer weeks away.

I besides heard Gus' comments a mates of weeks agone that Latrell has ne'er owned a large infinitesimal successful a large game.

Initially I thought that was a spot harsh, fixed Latrell won back-to-back premierships with the Chooks and has besides played for Australia and New South Wales successful winning games.

But I deliberation what Phil said was taken retired of discourse a spot - I deliberation helium meant Latrell hasn't done it arsenic a fullback yet, which is true, but besides a spot harsh fixed helium doesn't play fullback astatine Origin oregon Test level.

This weekend's crippled against Newcastle could determine whether South Sydney plays finals oregon not.

The Knights are a squad connected the up, having won six games successful a row, and the Bunnies look a existent trial up determination successful the Hunter.

If they tin bushed the Knights convincingly past they merit to beryllium locked successful for finals, but if they suffer it's astir apt just to accidental they mightiness miss the eight.

The Rabbitohs haven't deed apical cogwheel yet, obviously, but I don't deliberation you privation to beryllium astatine your highest close present anyhow - astatine this clip of twelvemonth you should beryllium gathering up towards September footy, if you're successful contention.

The Bunnies volition conscionable privation to anticipation they haven't near their tally excessively late.