SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 25: Latrell Mitchell of the Roosters looks on during the round 7 NRL match between the Sydney Roosters and the St George Illawarra Dragons at the Sydney Cricket Ground on April 25, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Sydney Roosters star Latrell Mitchell has seen his name linked with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, as the Bunnies look for a long-term replacement at centre for the recently retired Greg Inglis.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Roosters are gearing up to fight off an approach from the Bunnies, with club officials believing people are speaking to Mitchell and trying to convince him on a move to Redfern.

While the Rabbitohs are denying they're trying to replace Inglis with a big-name recruit, the jungle drums are beating louder and louder, with Brisbane's James Roberts seemingly at the head of the list.

The Bunnies wouldn't be able to afford both Roberts and Mitchell, meaning they'd have to choose between the duo if they were both available.

South Sydney are still waiting on the NRL to confirm whether Inglis' salary will be exempt from their 2019 and 2020 salary cap, after the star centre walked away from a $1.5 million deal to retire.

92 COMMENTS

  1. As much as the media would love this I just cannot see it happening. I feel thought chooks will move heaven and earth to keep him their for his NRL career and I think he wants to stay. I know it’s early days but he juts has that one club player aura about him

  2. This is such an easy decision.
    Rabbits don’t get too medically retire Inglis like no other club has been allowed too and then they can’t afford either.
    Besides that. Rabbits are 1/2 loosing players away from being wooden spoon contenders while roosters will always have the cash to keep players.
    There is no upside for latrell to go to Souths

  3. There is no way Latrell would even consider leaving the World Club champs to that crap club..what a massive backward step!

  4. EAD Woodhead. That would be hilarious if he leaves for Souths. Ah well muppet at least you average 24081 per home game in 2019 ya stain 💩💩💩🐔🐔🐔

  5. Yep, and with a glass of aspirin. This calls for an emoji 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  6. Disagree screaming, Gutho under Des will worth a lot more, have a look at what Des has achieved in an off-season, they said we had no forwards , no depth , they said we had no attack once Turbo was sidelined, hand on heart did you expect Manly to perform the way they have? I did because that what a quality coach can achieve, Manly are solid and not even tuned yet , wait n see mate

  7. Can’t see it happening. Other than the oldies (Cronk Smith etc), Id say Mitchell is not only the best young player in the game right now but a top 10 player in the whole of the NRL.

  8. Why not?
    His family are Souths supporters and want him there, has a stronger cultural link with the Rabbitohs, an opportunity to play with the most successful club in NRL history, idolised GI growing up and would look much better wearing the red and green.

  9. Name your sources SMH. Over hearing some Joe Nobody at the leagues club is far from credible. Click bait, fake news, tabloid shrill, muck raking call it anything but journalism. Media hacks with no degrees trying to sell out a great sport.
    Why the F’n hello would Matrell leave a guaranteed finals berth, a guaranteed origin combination for the boonies.

  10. Why not?
    His family are Souths supporters and want him there, has a stronger cultural link with the Rabbitohs, an opportunity to play with the most successful club in NRL history, idolised GI growing up and would look much better wearing the red and green.

  11. Rabbits shouldn’t be allowed to sign him or anyone else with Greg Inglis money as it should be still under the cap for 2020. Like every other club he had to deal with. Manly played a whole season holding snake and matai money in the salary cap.
    Also bunnies aren’t a premiership team and have had there run they are in the downward spiral now. Inglis retries surgess not what he was, gagai useless, Sutton retiring, other burgess boys just worries about there hair and there next contract, rabbits are about to have to go through a rebuild phase

  12. Look at you, a typical redv 1d10t mouthing off because poor little St Illawarra cant beat the Sydney Roosters.😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😆🤣😂🤣😆🤣😂🤣😆🤣😂😂🤣😆🤣🤣 Is that all you can come up with, ya stain.🥴💩😮💩🤪💩

    Fact is the Roosters are linked to every quality player on the open market and have been for years when we all know it is a media gee up. This year the Roosters were linked to Taupau, Johnston, Pangai Junior, etc.etc.etc and as per usual we were not even interested in any of them.

    Now that souffffffs are on the verge of having 1.5 million to spend they have taken the media by storm and are linked to every top player that is on the market and now the media is having then linked to every player that is not even on the open market….. 🤣😆😂😆🤣😆😂😆🤣 What a joke, and some clowns 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 on here are thinking that souffffs are buying Latrell Mitchell, James Roberts and next it will be Valentine Holmes.

    Latrell Mitchell is not going to souffffffs. the “TRANSIT LOUNGE” who buy players, spit them out and buy another batch. He loves the Roosters and the Roosters love him. His father was linked as playing for souffffs but on Grand Final night his father was wearing the Roosters colours and a Sydney Rooster Cap. His father wants his son to have stability and at the Roosters with the best development young player program he is in a perfect place.

    For the record this is what Latrell Mitchell wants, and I quote “The goal is there, it’s only a couple of steps away. I want to be a lifetime player at the Roosters.”

    read the complete link below. Only Facts with WoodChook.

    https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/sydney-roosters-rising-star-latrell-mitchell-learning-from-his-fathers-mistakes-20150704-gi53fx.html

    💪🐔👍—🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓

  13. I agree, and not for the reasons you may think.

    I think his value to the Eels at the moment far outweighs his worth on the open market. He is not a world class fullback, centre or five eighth, and therefore I don’t see him commanding the $750k that has been mentioned.

    His value to Parra though is more about his effort plays and the fact that he seems to be a good leader off the park. He is a far more important re-signing to the Eels than a signing for Manly

  14. And I will repeat Latrell Mitchell’s very own words and wishes.

    “I want to be a lifetime player at the Roosters.”

    Latrell Mitchell will be a 300 game player at the Roosters and he will be the Sydney Roosters, NSW and Australian captain at some point in future time during his career.

    🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓💪🐔👍

    END OF STORY 🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆😆😆……….💪🐔👍

  15. What’s that smell🥴❓❔❓❔❓ 💩 That’s right Manly have no halfback for a couple of a few weeks (6) If Des can get them firing without a halfback then he has won me over as 2019 coach of the year.💪🐔👍

  16. Watch the grand final on field celebrations and you will see Latrell’s dad giving him a massive hug and a kiss on the head, wearing ROOSTERS colors.🐓🤣🐓🐓😂🤣😂🐓🐓🐓🐓🤣😂🎱

    True rabbit’os don’t wear Red White and Blue. More made up stories from the made up story man Stevie Wonder. 😂🤣😂🤣💪🐔👍

  17. 100% spot on Olive. Roosters fans ignore the rumours, nothing to fear here. He is 100% a Red White and Blue Rooster. 💪🤣👍🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓

  18. Bob your logic is a true reality check for the soufffffs fans. You have nailed the truth to their coffin. 100% spot on and so far this season they have definitely overachieved. Manly had to cop it on the chin as you have staed with Matai and Snake. The NRL need to be consistent in this major matter.

    soufffffffs should not be granted any extra cash for this season as Inglis was signed and injured within the first two games this season. Russell Crowe is obviously going to slip him his money over time. Today souffffffths are a carbon copy of the mid 1980s to mid 1990’s Transit Lounge Roosters. But we changed direction over time. That’s why I have labeled soudfffffffths as the “TRANSIT LOUNGE” BECAUSE I’m talking from experience.💪🐔👍

  19. You on solids duck boy or do they blend you dinner? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and you have it with a straw 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  20. They are not. The story says his dad played with souffffs. but he hates soufffffs because it ruined his career. He did not get to play first grade because of soufffffffs. Unfortunately Matthew Mitchell did not fulfil his extraordinary potential because soufffffs toxic culture got him hooked up in dangerous place where people end up either in rehab, jail or death.🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱

    The Roosters have a proud history as most clubs have with Original first people of our great nation. Arthur Beetson is a Roosters legend and an immortal and the first indigenous Australian to captain Australia in any sport, Latrell Mitchell, Blake Ferguson, Jake Friend, John Ferguson, Andrew Walker, Craig Salvatori, Justin Hodges, Shannon Hegarty , Matt sing. just to name a quick 10 that came to mind who played for Australia from the Roosters. and the list is far to long or I will be here all night. We have a huge list in every decade right back to 1908💪🐔👍

  21. What colors were you expecting his father to wear that day Woodchip?
    Doesn’t change the fact his family are Souths supporters and love for him to go to Souths.
    Let’s see how things pan out next 2-3 weeks.

  22. Wayne Pearce never clothed himself in any Roosters colours in all the years Mitch played for the mighty Chooks. Get the picture. 🐔🐓🐔🐓🐔🐓🐔🐓🐔🐓🐔🐓✔

  23. I’ll give you the inside tip outsider.🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    I’ll do the (clive) PALMER ✋ on that one 💪🐔✋

  24. Take a look and see how you’re list compares to the Rabbitohs history when it comes to achievements.
    Do the roysters actually have any club legends that weren’t poached.
    Beetson always remained a Balmain boy at heart.
    Ron Coote is always pleased to see the bunnies win the RC Cup, Fulton a Manly boy, Fittler a Penrith boy etc etc etc.
    That’s what people mean when they say the roysters are a soulless club.
    Explains the dismal membership numbers every year.

  25. Mate nurse Ratchet blends it up. My gums are tough but I still can’t say souffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffs😎

  26. ahahahahahahahaha😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 soufffffffffffffs have got two chances to get Latrell Mitchell. NONE and Buckley’s💪🐔👍

  27. Somebody down town at Oxford St has come up with this story. This is a souffffffffffffs ‘Fairy Tale” 💪👼✋

  28. I believe Oxford St is in rorter heartland along with Kings Cross, and the needle exchange centre.
    So I’m not sure what you go on about when talking about souths demographic.
    Hard to top that 3.

  29. Your a FOOL Wonderboy. Beetson always remained a Rooster years after his retirement, coaching the Roosters on two occasions and then being a talent scout for years. Everybody Knows Fittler’s heart like Beetson is with the Roosters. Fittler is a red white and bluester. Coote has a love for both clubs. winning premierships and playing for Australia from both clubs. 50-50 for Ron. Bob Fulton is a true SeaBird man but he has good memories at the Chooks and respects the club. He learnt his coaching at the Roosters and took us to the 1980 Grand Final but on a persona;l acheivment for Bozo, He represented Australia at the end of his career fron the Roosters and for the first time was the Australian captain.

    But as usual StevieWonder you get lost on the topic and get facts mixed up turned around inside out and back to front. We were talking about proud Aboriginal players who played at my Roosters club who has a proud history with indigenous Aussies. Of those 10 players I quickly drained from my brain. 5 came through the Roosters young player development programme while the eight of that group made their debut for Australia while playing in a Roosters jersey and the other two played for Australia previously but also from the Roosters club. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.-.-.-.-💪🐔👍

  30. The sofffffffsydney poaching “TRANSIT LOUNGE” are on the hunt for established stars. AHAHAHAHAHAH🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 How funny is that. All off season Clowns 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 3hats/caps, Reg and his alias’s, p.e.nz0. shadow etc.etc were pointing the finger at the Chooks and that soufffffs were big on local juniors. The truth always comes out in the end.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

  31. The truth always comes out in the end. souffffffffffffs “TRANSIT LOUNGE” Skelletor needs more back up to flick next season to buy some Donkies.🤣😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤪

  32. SteviWonderBoy, His family is from Taree and they like Coyd Bordner follow 😮EEEEEEEASTS😮EEEEEEEASTS😮EEEEEEEASTS😮EEEEEEEEASTS😮…ROOSTERS 👏👏👏ROOSTERS👏👏👏ROOSTERS👏👏👏ROOSTERS👏👏👏

    😂😆🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆😂🤣

  33. Latrell’s dad played for souths jimmy the jet has signed for souths.,i know that for a fact and mitchell will end up at the bunnies its only a matter of time…and once heffron park is built in time the rorters will be a feeder club for souths fact…they have no ground no juniors bar radley and the money wont last bye bye rorters welcome to our feeder club…

  34. Look let me clear this up for all of you.
    Parra have pulled their offer to Guth and he is going back to Manly.
    Parra have invested that money in to signing Latrell.
    Announcement due next week.
    😜😜😜🤞🤞🤞🤞😜😜😜

  35. You’ve said before, if the Steggles want to buy a player, they always get their man?
    I noticed that one of the Brailey brothers is yet another player to knock back an offer from the Steggles.
    How can this be Wood Stain? Not enough extra money in the brown paper bag?
    Now, I hope there really is a huge offer from South’s for Mitchell. That means that your Nuggets will have a huge offer to beat! How will they cover this when it comes to salary cap? When they’re already running out a team that costs closer to 15 million than 10 million.
    Extra payments to everyone for winning a premiership, automatic extra payments for each player when they become rep players. Just been covering over those payments somehow?
    Now this… Time to pay the piper Steggles!

  36. That’s sad for Parramatta !
    Mitchell won’t go there.
    Does Parramatta have any promising Fullbacks, or centres ?

  37. At 1.5 million a year? No centre is worth that.
    If souffs offer that kind of money, good on him to go.
    The NRL has to investigate souffs books. The continuous rorters of the league.

  38. Jules Verne had more credible stories than the Sydney Media.

    Some of them should put in for the New York Times prize for Fiction.

  39. Mitchell for Crichton sounds fair swap. Rorters like to raid others players, so it would be hilarious to see him jump over the fence. Mitchell probably doesn’t like cocaine too much and wants out of the drug culture.

  40. We certainly do but as you have seen we have spanked the Riff twice this year with what we already have so no need to bring them in just yet.

  41. When Cronk retires Mitchell will have to go back to being coached by Robinson again and makes sense won’t want to be part of that.
    Mitchell went to another level under Cronk and landed a premiership.
    Since 2013 the rorters boasted the best team money can somehow buy and failed to deliver until Cronk stepped in and in his 1st year as player/coach produced what Politis brought him for.
    I suspect when Cronk retires from playing he will be handed the rorter coaching job title and salary to match which will be a condition of Mitchell staying.
    Take your pick Nick, Latrell or Robinson.

  42. Gutherson will be a loss 2041. No one else uses ‘Riff’ other than you & your split personality 2041.
    No matter what, you are so inspired by the local talent coming through at centre & fulback , that you’re imagining Mitchell going to Parramatta? We can all dream I guess!
    At the moment Parramatta have a second rower turned centre & an elder statement in Michael Jennings in the centres. Jennings , they wanted to get rid of before the start of the season. Now he’s your hero.
    No Mitchell for the Eels Kev. Guess they’ll go looking to Penrith for another fullback & centre?

  43. I’ve seen this movie before. SPOILER ALERT.

    I am pretty sure the Roosters announce they are actually about 1.5million under the cap and re sign him on a huge money deal. Then they poach another big name player on another massive contract, lose two nobodies and end up 1million under the cap.

  44. You’re Kidding Steggles!
    The Nuggets keep buying players after Winning a premiership!
    That’s when they have already bought two of the highest priced backs in Cronk & Tedesco. Have a team stacked with internationals & state players.
    Why don’t the Nuggets just pay Mitchell 1.6 Million & pretent to pay him &750,000 . You know, like they do now with all the players.
    Mitchell does not owe the Nuggets anything, if he did go. He’s helped give them a premiership already. He doesn’t have any deep ties to that club. Like most other players there, he’s not a junior of the club.

  45. Don’t forget that when you sign James Roberts you actually create room in your salary cap.

    Just ask the Bronco’s how that one works.

  46. It’s the Sydney based NRL club with the least juniors.
    It’s a big reason they struggle with memberships on top of having a negative, potent, cultural stigma associated with them.

  47. ChocolateSoldier Of Divide, Your false accusations are just your Penrith stupidity/jealousy showing, take your pick. If the Roosters were delivering brown paper bags then why did Tuivasa-Shrek, Maloney, Ferguson, Jennings, Sony Will Billions, Guerra, Pearce, Kenny-Dowell, Moa, Matterson, Napa, Watson, just to name a few in the past four seasons or so. Wouldn’t you keep them and add to the 30 man roster if there was payments under the table.🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆😂🤣 ChocolateSoldierOfDivide. just proves what an 1D10T you are ya dingbat🤡🤡

  48. By the way ChocolateSoldierOfDivide, How’s your Penrith 🤣😂😆😂🤣 local 🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆 Juniors BAHAHAHAHA 🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆 going YA STAIN. 😆😂🤣🤡🤣😂😆🤡🤣😂😆🤡🤣😂😆🤡🤣😂😆

  49. Wake up 1D10T ChockySoldierOfDivide, here you are again telling people that Penrith have the best local juniors in the World. CLOWN🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 Remember the Penrith Chocolate Soldiers have won two comps since 1967.😆😂🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆😂😮🤣😂😆😂😂😂😂🥜🤪🥜🥴 Nutter

  50. THE RORTERS ARE NOT CALLED THE RORTERS FOR NOTHING THE NRL TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE RORTERS SALARY CAP RORTING SCAMS…

  51. …….and you know he is going to soufffffffffffffs. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🤣😆😂😆😂🤣🤣😆😂😂😆😂😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🤣😆😂😆😂🤣🤣😆😂😂😆😂😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🤣😆😂😆😂🤣🤣😆😂😂😆😂😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🤣😆😂😆😂🤣🤣😆😂😂😆😂😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🤣😆😂😆😂🤣🤣😆😂😂😆😂😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🤣😆😂😆😂🤣🤣😆😂😂😆😂😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🤣😆😂😆😂🤣🤣😆😂😂😆😂😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🤣😆😂😆😂🤣🤣😆😂😂😆😂😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🤣😆😂😆😂🤣🤣😆😂😂😆😂😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🤣😆😂😆😂🤣🤣😆😂😂😆😂😆😂🤣 and you reckon your a BugsBunny fan stevie@wonder, I say you are a Disney fan GOOFY🐶

  52. WRONG……❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌

    First part of the rebuild is the drinker Roberts will be reunited with his drinking partners by this time next week🤣😂😆😂🤣😂😆——-💪🐔👍

  53. Look you ought to know with a name like SteveSyd. Is your partner Syd glued to your backside Steve. Cause every time you write something Steve Syd is right on your behind. 😆😂🤣……Steve😇Syd👼…….🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  54. ………unless of course your a KIWI and you ment to write Steve said rather than Steve syd🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

  55. Steve and Syd 💞💕you two are as mental as anything. History always 🎵 repeats (1974🐓🏆 1975🐓🏆) I tell myself 🎵 before I go to sleep….😂😆🤣…..💪🐔👍

  56. How can Steve make sense when he has a bloke named Syd breathing heavy in his ear whilst being piggybacked.💪🐔👍

  57. StormFanAdam 🤣😆😂😆🤣 gee that’s so funny 🤣😆😂😆🤣🤣🤣🤣 coming from a CLOWN🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 SALARY CAP Cheating Melbourne fan who had a four years eliminated from existence, which was a lot like soufffffffffffffffffs elimination of 2000-2001🥴🥜🥴🥜🥴🥜🙃🥜🥴🥜🙃🥜🥴

  58. Reg/N.er.o and what ever other names he had is on this site. He went coocoo and after shock treatment with p.e.n.z0 they came back a little under the weather as shadow.💌

  59. A mere SHADOW shadow of their former selves.🤣😆😂😆🤣😂🤣😆😂 the poor simpletons went over the edge with the Roosters salary Cap math. Everytime they tried to work it out it sent them batty when they had 6 players on a mil each😂😆🤣😆😂💪🐔👍

  60. See what I mean everybody. They are shadow SHADOW 🧠damaged from the shock treatment. All

    Reg/N.er.o p.e.n.z0
    shadow shadow

    can talk about now is the Roosters salary Cap in the hope that souffffffffs will have 1.5 million to spend on established players from other clubs.💪😂👍🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓

    Now Now Shadow settle down and take your medication. once you spot the red white and bluebird, then and only then will you be ok. YOU 1D10T SHADOW🥴🥜🙃🥴🥜😠🥜🤪🥜😮🥜🤪🥜🥴

  61. Sorry Woodchip, but I suggest his father will have a bigger influence on him coming to The Mighty Rabbitohs over Shannon Hegarty (Shannon who to most) playing for the rorters 40 yrs ago.
    As the saying goes my friend “blood is thicker than skim decaf lattes”

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