South Sydney turn to lawyers in Latrell Mitchell ban fight

South Sydney is seeking ineligible proposal connected conscionable erstwhile Latrell Mitchell should service his prohibition and whether the NRL tin taxable him to an autarkic fittingness test, with the stalemate betwixt the nine and the league continuing up of the Rabbitohs’ last crippled of the season.

On Thursday morning, Souths manager Ben Hornby said helium had “no idea” what the solution would beryllium arsenic the nine fights for Mitchell to service his prohibition for bringing the crippled into disrepute this season.

Mitchell was deed with a combined $120,000 successful fines by the Rabbitohs and the NRL aft the superstar fullback was photographed with a achromatic substance.

He besides received a one-game prohibition that the nine hoped helium could service immediately, but the concern has been analyzable by a ft wounded that has kept Mitchell sidelined for the past 2 months and led to Hornby declaring a fewer weeks agone that Mitchell was done for the season.

But the club’s stance has changed since then, with Mitchell resuming airy grooming duties successful caller weeks. The fullback was connected an workout motorcycle connected Tuesday but took nary portion successful their captain’s tally connected Thursday.

Skipper Cameron Murray trained contempt being suspended, portion injured stars Campbell Graham, Alex Johnston and Jai Arrow were besides astatine the club’s facilities, with Mitchell making an quality astatine the extremity of the session.

The NRL has made it wide it wants Mitchell to service the prohibition successful circular 1 adjacent season, which is wherefore the Bunnies person asked if helium tin play against the Roosters connected Friday contempt him not being named successful the archetypal 22-man squad.

Souths are adamant that helium is acceptable and has been cleared by 3 doctors successful a bid to beryllium he’s bully to spell this week.

“We are taking ineligible proposal connected the NRL’s petition for further accusation and the projected fittingness test,” a connection from main enforcement Blake Solly read.

Hornby has been asked questions astir his main antheral astir each week since helium replaced Jason Demetriou, which is wherefore helium wasn’t amazed to person plentifulness much thrown his mode connected Thursday morning.

“I tin due to the fact that similar astir of my questions this year, they’ve been astir Latrell,” helium said.

“Every week I’m assuming that determination are going to beryllium a mates of questions astir him, and thing has changed.

“He would’ve been (fit to play), but similar I said a mates of weeks ago, it was ever going to beryllium a agelong changeable with the process. It’s successful the NRL and the club’s hands now, truthful there’s not excessively overmuch much (I tin add).”

Hornby couldn’t supply overmuch accusation erstwhile asked astir the specifics of what’s going on.

“I’ve got nary idea,” helium replied erstwhile asked if Mitchell was blessed to bash a fittingness trial with an autarkic physio.

“I haven’t spoken to Latrell this morning. We’ve had a large greeting with a fewer milestones and that benignant of stuff, truthful we haven’t discussed it.”

He was besides asked if Mitchell should beryllium allowed to look the Roosters if his prohibition is pushed backmost to 2025.

“I person nary thought due to the fact that I don’t privation to accidental ‘yes’ and past it doesn’t truly substance and if I accidental ‘no’ past it doesn’t truly matter,” helium said.

“It’s retired of our hands now. It’s with the NRL and the club, and they’ll benignant it out.”

There’s besides a cognition that Mitchell can’t perchance beryllium acceptable to play fixed we haven’t seen him connected the grooming tract for 2 months.

“We’ve been told (by the NRL) that helium isn’t going to beryllium playing successful this game, truthful we’ve taken that approach,” his manager explained.

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