Souths blame Radley for 'devastating' Mitchell injury

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South Sydney believes an amerciable hip-drop tackle was liable for the ft wounded that volition spot Shaquai Mitchell sidelined for astatine slightest 8 weeks.

Mitchell was wounded successful the 41st infinitesimal of the lucifer connected Friday night, and was connected crutches after the 20-18 nonaccomplishment to the Roosters.

Scans connected Monday confirmed a lisfranc injury.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports the Rabbitohs were furious that Victor Radley was not cited implicit the tackle, which saw him onshore connected the backmost of Mitchell's legs.

"I don't cognize what a textbook hip-drop tackle is, but that looked similar one," Mitchell's teammate Damien Cook told the Herald.

"Sitting connected the backmost of someone's ankles and putting them successful a atrocious presumption doesn't help.

"The crippled needs to ace down connected it consecutive distant to forestall immoderate much injuries for immoderate team. Victor is simply a competitor, helium wants to halt that subordinate and bring him to the crushed by immoderate means necessary. It's thing we each request to person coached retired of us.

"Shaq near the crippled successful a moonboot and connected crutches, which is ne'er good. It's beauteous devastating for him due to the fact that helium had a large pre-season, and we've each heard a small spot astir his communicative recently, and wherever he's travel from. He's a guardant with large footwork and accomplishment who we volition present miss."

Mitchell earned a two-year woody with the Rabbitohs aft an aggravated grooming programme that saw him driblet astir 50 kilograms, telling 9News successful February helium was successful the champion signifier of his career.

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"I'm strong, I'm powerful. The intelligence state, the affectional state, the spiritual authorities ... I've ne'er been this beardown successful my beingness and present I tin amusement my kids that anyone tin bash anything," helium said

The Rabbitohs, who person won lone 1 of their archetypal 3 matches, look Manly connected Saturday night.

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