Latrell spotted in post-match moment as Souths situation goes from bad to worse
Koloamatangi's ankle buckled underneath him when he tried to tackle Luke Garner in the second half, and he limped from the field in pain. The front-rower has been a shining light in an awful season for Souths, but he now appears likely for a stint on the sidelines.
Mitchell will be lucky to play again this year after suffering a quad injury at training this week, while Cody Walker, Davvy Moale and Campbell Graham are in a similar boat. Souths have had the most games missed due to injury amongst all NRL clubs this year, and it's taken a heavy toll.
Friday night marked the first time in Bennett's illustrious coaching career that he's suffered seven-straight losses, and he looks destined to finish in his lowest spot on the ladder ever. A Bennett-coached team has never finished lower than 13th, but Souths are sitting in 16th place with six games and a bye remaining. They're only two points ahead of the last-placed Titans, meaning Bennett is in danger of getting his first-ever wooden spoon.
After Friday night's game, veteran forward Arrow looked devastated and buried his head into Mitchell's chest as his teammate consoled him. Mitchell was seen wrapping his arms around Arrow and offering some words of encouragement after another demoralising loss.
"Our effort is second to none, but we have moments when we let teams off the hook," Jack Wighton told Channel 9. "It's usually late in sets and it's really killing us. But I'm proud of the boys for the effort."
Wighton refused to use the injury crisis as an excuse, adding: "We could have been better tonight in many places, but we didn't throw the towel in. We've got some young kids and old boys. We haven't thrown the towel in and we're sticking in there for our fans, even though we're not getting the results."
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Bennett also said he was proud of the effort considering how many players are out. 'We're talking top players here as well (who are injured), but I was proud of their effort here tonight,' he said. 'We had to turn up and put a lot of effort in the game which we did, but there's no one that change-room in there that was disappointed with their effort.'
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As well as losing Koloamatangi, the Rabbitohs will also be without Peter Mamouzelos next week due to concussion. 'Pete will be out for a week at least due to concussion,' Bennett said. 'Keaon has got an ankle problem and we just don't know how bad it is.'
Wighton admitted Koloamatangi is a huge loss as he's been the team's best all season. 'He's led the way massively but every man at the moment is a big loss isn't it?' Wighton said. 'We're backs against the wall and down on troops but we just keep on turning up.'
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