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News.com.au
3 days ago
- General
- News.com.au
NSW Blues and Warriors rocked by major blow as Mitchell Barnett suffers knee injury
NSW coach Laurie Daley will be sweating on the fitness of Mitchell Barnett after the enforcer was forced from the field with what appeared to be a serious knee injury during the Warriors' 36-30 win over South Sydney at Accor Stadium on Sunday. The 31-year-old's knee appeared to collapse inward as he attempted to tackle Rabbitohs halfback Bud Sullivan midway through the first half. FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer. After being helped from the field by two trainers, the Blues enforcer went straight up the tunnel and was later seen on crutches in the dressing rooms. While confirming that Barnett had hurt his knee, Warriors coach Andrew Webster claimed he didn't know the extent of the injury. 'He's definitely done a knee injury of some description,' Webster said post-match. 'We're waiting for scans… we honestly don't know what it is right now. 'There are different grades to each different injury and until you look under the hood, you honestly don't know.' Barnett's absence would be a horror blow to a Blues side looking to wrap up their second-straight Origin series at Perth's Optus Stadium on June 18. In the Blues' 18-6 win over Queensland in Origin 1 last week, in just over 40 minutes, Barnett ran for 110 metres and made 26 tackles. However, if Barnett is to be ruled out of Origin 2, Souths' Keon Koloamatagi couldn't have done more to put his hand up to replace the Warriors star. Despite being in the losing side, the Bunnies forward couldn't have done more, scoring one try, running for a whopping 197m, made 8 tackle breaks and 39 tackles.
RNZ News
3 days ago
- General
- RNZ News
NRL: Warriors survive Johnston try milestone for heartstopping win over Souths
Chanel Harris-Tavita in possession. South Sydney Rabbitohs v One NZ Warriors. NRL Rugby League, Accor Stadium, NSW, Australia, Sunday 1st June 2025 Photo: / David Neilson Winger Roger Tuivasa-Sheck had a try double and NZ Warriors survived yet another nailbiting finish to dispatch South Sydney Rabbitohs 36-30 at Sydney's Accor Stadium. Trailling 12-4 late in the first half, the visitors put their noses in front on the break, with fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad scoring a try on the siren, and then had three tries in quick succession after the restart to open up an 18-point margin. Souths came storming back, inspired by superstar fullback Latrell Mitchell and prolific tryscorer Alex Johnston, who galloped the length of the field for an intercept try in the first half. Down 30-12, Mitchell found his winger with a long pass that put him over in the corner for a second try and then repeated the dose, as Johnson secured a hattrick to bring up 200 career tries in the NRL - only the second player to achieve that milestone. Tuivasa-Sheck seemed to put the Warriors beyond reach with his second try, but Mitchell wasn't done, scoring one himself and converting to bring his team within striking distance in the dying moments. As they had done so many times this season, the Warriors staved off their rivals until the final siren, bringing their record to 9-3 for the season and rising to second on the competition table behind Canterbury Bulldogs. Canberra Raiders can pass them with victory over Sydney Roosters later on Sunday. The Warriors face another trip across the Tasman to take on Cronulla Sharks next Saturday. See how all the action went down, with RNZ's live blog: Rabbitohs: 1. Latrell Mitchell, 2. Alex Johnston, 3. Isaiah Tass, 4. Campbell Graham, 5. Bayleigh Bentley-Hape, 6. Jayden Sullivan, 7. Jamie Humphreys, 8. Jai Arrow, 9. Siliva Havili, 10. Keaon Koloamatangi, 11. Euan Aitken, 12. Tallis Duncan, 13. Lachlan Hubner Interchange: 14. Jye Gray, 15. Sean Keppie, 16. Davvy Moale, 17. Tevita Tatola Reserves: 18. Liam Le Blanc, 19. Fletcher Myers, 20. Shaquai Mitchell, 21. Lewis Dodd Warriors: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 3. Adam Pompey, 4. Rocco Berry, 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita, 7. Luke Metcalf, 8. James Fisher-Harris, 9. Wayde Egan, 10. Mitchell Barnett, 11. Kurt Capewell, 12. Marata Niukore, 13. Tohu Harris Interchange: 14. Te Maire Martin, 15. Leka Halasima, 16. Demitric Vaimauga, 17. Jackson Ford Reserves: 18. Jacob Laban, 19. Samuel Healey, 20. Tanah Boyd, 21. Tanner Stowers-Smith
RNZ News
4 days ago
- General
- RNZ News
NRL: NZ Warriors v South Sydney Rabbitohs - everything you need to know
The Warriors and Rabbitohs meet for the 42nd time, with Souths holding the edge. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Warriors v Rabbitohs Kickoff 4pm, Sunday, 1 June Accor Stadium, Sydney Live blog updates on RNZ Sport In 41 previous meetings, South Sydney have won 21 and the Warriors 20, so a win for the visitors would even up the head-to-head ledger. The record is 11-11 in Souths home fixtures and 4-3 to the Warriors at Accor Stadium. Halfback Shaun Johnson scored 18 points, including a try double, in a 34-4 Warriors landslide in Sydney last season, but the Rabbitohs won the previous eight meetings by an average of almost 20 points, scoring 37 a game. In 2006, the Warriors achieved their biggest-ever NRL win over Souths - a 66-0 romp that saw Lance Hohaia score a hattrick of tries, with Jerome Ropati and Brent Webb grabbing try doubles, and Tony Martin achieving a personal haul of 22 points. Here's a fun fact - the Warriors are 16-31 against teams guided by supercoach Wayne Bennett, who was at the helm of Brisbane Broncos for their 1995 NRL debut. After five straight wins carried them to 8-2 and second on the NRL table, the Warriors finally dropped a close one last week, letting an early 8-0 lead slip against Canberra Raiders . Over those five victories, they were outscored 60-33 in the second half and again conceded the final 40 minutes 8-2 against the 'Green Machine', so that's an area they need to address. The Warriors still lead the competition in set completion with 82 percent, but the Rabbitohs are just behind them on 81 percent. Second-rower Kurt Capewell leads the league by some margin in missed tackles (63), while hooker Wayde Egan has the most dummy-half runs (68). Wayde Egan leads the NRL in dummy-half runs. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/ Souths have a 6-5 record, sitting sixth on the table, and won their last two outings against Brisbane Broncos and Wests Tigers, before last week's bye. Previously, they dropped four in a row. That result over the Broncos is their only success against teams currently in playoff positions - they are 1-4 against the top eight. They lead the league in missed tackles (422) and kicking metres (7767). The Rabbitohs have been ravaged by injury, losing captain Cameron Murray to an achilles tear in the pre-season, while veterans Cody Walker and Jack Wighton are still a week away from returning from calf niggles. Warriors: 1 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 2 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 3 Adam Pompey, 4 Rocco Berry, 5 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 6 Chanel Harris-Tavita, 7 Luke Metcalf, 8 James Fisher-Harris, 9 Wayde Egan, 10 Mitch Barnett, 11 Kurt Capewell, 12 Marata Niukore, 13 Erin Clark Interchange: 14 Te Maire Martin, 15 Leka Halasima, 16 Demitric Vaimauga, 17 Jackson Ford Reserves: 18 Jacob Laban, 21 Tanah Boyd For the first time this season - or last - coach Andrew Webster has a full contingent of players to choose from. That will ultimately depend on whether co-captain Mitch Barnett is passed fit, backing up from State of Origin on Wednesday, but the return of James Fisher-Harris from suspension and Rocco Berry from injury has caused some big selection calls, with Berry replacing Ali Leiataua at centre and Fisher-Harris supplanting Bunty Afoa in the front row. Capewell's shift from the midfield sees young gun Leka Halasima slip back to the interchange for now. Rabbitohs: 1 Lattrell Mitchell, 2 Alex Johnston, 3 Isaiah Tass, 4 Campbell Graham, 5 Bayleigh Bentley-Hape, 6 Jayden Sullivan, 7 Jamie Humphreys, 8 Jai Arrow, 9 Siliva Havili, 10 Keaon Koloamatangi, 11 Euan Aitken, 12 Tallis Duncan, 13 Lachlan Hubner Interchange: 14 Jye Gray, 15 Sean Keppie, 16 Davvy Moale, 17 Tevita Tatola Reserves: 18 Liam Le Blanc, 19 Fletcher Myers Just one change from Bennett after the bye week, with Sean Keppie included on the interchange for Liam Le Blanc. They'll keep a close eye on Latrell Mitchell and his recovery from the Origin opener. Souths have former Warriors Siliva Havili and Euan Aitken in a starting line-up. Former Warrior Euan Aitken is in the Souths line-up to face his old club. Photo: NRL Photos Love him or hate him, Latrell Mitchell is integral to the Rabbitohs' hopes of returning to the NRL Grand Final. He's played at centre, five-eighth and fullback this season, and has not only made the No.1 jersey his own, but also the captaincy. Notwithstanding his off-field and judicial problems, he's exactly the type of player Bennett gets the best out of. Kawakawa kid Bayleigh Bentley-Hape was not among Souths' contracted players in March, when he made his NRL debut on the wing against St George Illawarra Dragons. The former national touch rep had to wait another five weeks for his second game, when he scored his first try against Melbourne Storm, and has been in the line-up since. This will be his sixth appearance for the Rabbitohs. Warriors coach Andrew Webster: "They've been so consistent at not beating themselves. Wayne Bennett's teams don't beat themselves - high on completions, work hard and play the full 80." The Warriors haven't really overwhelmed anyone this season, but they're poised to find another level to their game, after stumbling last week. Could be a long night for the Rabbitohs. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Sydney Morning Herald
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Why silent Latrell Mitchell is still league's loudest voice
Latrell Mitchell's former coach Jason Demetriou says it as well as anybody. 'When Latrell speaks the narrative doesn't always go the direction he wants. The narrative can go anywhere because he's either loved or he's not liked.' For nine months and counting, the NRL's most intriguing figure has kept his counsel and kept the quotes to himself. Yet Mitchell is still rugby league's biggest star and accordingly, the man rugby league media flocks to most. Even when he won't talk. Shots of him playing golf in the rain and his Instagram account - endorsing South Sydney's social media campaign to ditch Accor Stadium for Allianz - have counted as Latrell news this week from NSW Origin camp. Along with updates that Latrell still ain't talking. And conjecture about whether he should be. It hasn't always been this way. More just Mitchell's latest wrestle in his complicated relationship with the fourth estate, not to mention his place in the rugby league ecosystem. Now in his tenth season of first-grade, Mitchell has occupied rare air for years as far as newsworthiness goes. No-one in rugby league compares. For what he does on the field that no-one else can. And what he says off the field that no-one else will. Since the internet came into being, only Jarryd Hayne has broken it like Mitchell in this game. Though you suspect Andrew Johns would have rivalled them if his career - mercifully for the Eighth Immortal - hadn't just missed the rise of social media. Loading Brisbane's enigmatic Reece Walsh might still match Mitchell some day, though more headlines are the last thing he or the Broncos need. Nick Kyrgios is probably the only Australian athlete who trumps South Sydney's superstar in turning the heads of Sydney-based editors and TV producers chasing clicks, comments and views. Mitchell's lasting impact on his Indigenous people will always, rightly, leave all that in the shade. I still recall standing in the SCG sheds in 2019, when he was just 22 and still a Rooster, as he addressed the torrent of racial abuse he was receiving on social media for the first time. I asked Mitchell if he truly grasped the pile-on coming his way. 'I don't care. Everything that is said about Aboriginal people really affects me,' was his simple, lasting reply. On Indigenous issues and representation, no voice has rung louder or longer than Mitchell's in Australian sport since. For a while afterwards, Mitchell revelled in the lighter side of breaking the world wide web too. When the Rabbitohs flew him to Philadelphia to work with reconditioning guru Bill Knowles in 2022, Mitchell returned with his hamstrings in order and a new outlook on his rugby league life. 'I've been having fun, that's always been me, I've just been perceived as someone else,' Mitchell told colleague Christian Nicolussi during a mid-season South Sydney media day, conducting no less than a dozen interviews in the Redfern Oval stands. 'I've done it all my life, I've talked a big game but always backed it up. 'I think a lot more players need to be outspoken and confident in themselves, and understand the power you have in this game… In the US they are funny, and I took a lot out of the way they talk. 'They know the power they have. We need to start understanding that.' Good times for all. Because Mitchell did back himself up with big game after big game in a career-best run. And delivered a slew of headline-worthy quotes to boot. He declared 'that NSW jersey is mine' after terrorising incumbent Blues centre Matt Burton one Friday night, laughed off accusations of lying down to draw a penalty with ' call me Trell Milk ' and 'used [the media] to my advantage and the Roosters took the bait' when tensions were at their highest against his former club and Mitchell was being booed relentlessly. Two years on, Mitchell understands the power he also wields in not speaking. After the most tumultuous period of his career, when he briefly considered walking away from the game and Souths pondered similarly uncomfortable questions about his future at the club, Mitchell needed Wayne Bennett like never before. Forget the side-mouth, single word answers and cranky old Wayne routine. The 75-year-old uses the media to his advantage better than anyone. Bennett's return to the Rabbitohs coincided with Mitchell needing to put his head down. Needing to repay the club for a hellish campaign that ended with a foot injury, one-game ban and $40,000 in NRL and South Sydney fines (with a further $80,000 fine suspended) for the photos of him standing over a white substance in a Dubbo hotel room. The Mitchell narrative of last year - which also included his involvement in the Spencer Leniu-Ezra Mam racism saga, an expletive-laden Triple M interview and suspension for belting Shaun Johnson - was wilder than ever as it grew untenable. Nine months of no comment is Mitchell, with South Sydney's backing, taking charge of the narrative and letting 'his footy do the talking' - one of his favourite refrains over the years. Nine months of no comment also leaves that potentially career-defining drama in Dubbo hanging in the air though. It remains the reference point for any reporter worth their salt because Mitchell has never addressed it himself. In reality, most fans don't care. His NSW teammates certainly don't. Not when the 27-year-old can win games like no-one else - with frosty 49-metre field goals in driving rain, and clutch cut-out passes few have the temerity to even attempt, let alone pull off. Where Mitchell's self-imposed, Rabbitohs-endorsed media ban gets especially intriguing is Origin, where he is the single most magnetic, game-breaking player in a contest full of them. And where broadcasters Nine - publishers of this masthead - pay through the nose for the NRL's premium product, with all the trimmings, unrivalled player and coach access that money buys. The only shame of Mitchell's NSW career is that he's only featured in eight of the 21 matches played since his 2018 debut. The only other shame of Mitchell's NSW career is a regularly rocky relationship with Blues hierarchy. The last time Mitchell truly spoke before his triumphant Origin return at the MCG, in an enthralling two-part fireside chat with Michael Chammas (conducted on an anonymous park bench in southern Sydney), he voiced publicly what has been said privately for years. 'There was a lot of doubt with NSW because I've never been looked after,' Mitchell said. 'I've been the scapegoat. I don't want to go into this camp being the scapegoat if they lose.' Much of Mitchell's ill-will stemmed from his 2019 axing by then-coach Brad Fittler when he went missing at Suncorp Stadium. And belief his 2023 calf injuries stemmed from mismanagement in NSW camp, prompting South Sydney's physios to oversee fitness tests in conjunction with Blues staff. Last year NSW coach Michael Maguire made a point of setting Mitchell at ease and diverting attention from his star's Origin return with his uncharacteristic 'glass houses' remark, dominating the pre-game build-up with headlines of his own. Loading Mitchell promptly shot the MCG lights out for his coach, teammates and state. Any thought the Blues might push Mitchell to break his media ban this time round was never getting off the ground. South Sydney have been telling reporters all year to try their luck, ask for a comment or two, in 2026. Again, the reality is fans don't care. And the media, both in rugby league and wider still, will make do. Whatever Mitchell does throughout the build-up, never mind the actual 80 minutes of Origin I, is like catnip in a never-sleeping, endlessly clicking, scrolling and commenting landscape anyway. Even if rugby league's human headline refuses to speak.
The Age
23-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Why silent Latrell Mitchell is still league's loudest voice
Latrell Mitchell's former coach Jason Demetriou says it as well as anybody. 'When Latrell speaks the narrative doesn't always go the direction he wants. The narrative can go anywhere because he's either loved or he's not liked.' For nine months and counting, the NRL's most intriguing figure has kept his counsel and kept the quotes to himself. Yet Mitchell is still rugby league's biggest star and accordingly, the man rugby league media flocks to most. Even when he won't talk. Shots of him playing golf in the rain and his Instagram account - endorsing South Sydney's social media campaign to ditch Accor Stadium for Allianz - have counted as Latrell news this week from NSW Origin camp. Along with updates that Latrell still ain't talking. And conjecture about whether he should be. It hasn't always been this way. More just Mitchell's latest wrestle in his complicated relationship with the fourth estate, not to mention his place in the rugby league ecosystem. Now in his tenth season of first-grade, Mitchell has occupied rare air for years as far as newsworthiness goes. No-one in rugby league compares. For what he does on the field that no-one else can. And what he says off the field that no-one else will. Since the internet came into being, only Jarryd Hayne has broken it like Mitchell in this game. Though you suspect Andrew Johns would have rivalled them if his career - mercifully for the Eighth Immortal - hadn't just missed the rise of social media. Loading Brisbane's enigmatic Reece Walsh might still match Mitchell some day, though more headlines are the last thing he or the Broncos need. Nick Kyrgios is probably the only Australian athlete who trumps South Sydney's superstar in turning the heads of Sydney-based editors and TV producers chasing clicks, comments and views. Mitchell's lasting impact on his Indigenous people will always, rightly, leave all that in the shade. I still recall standing in the SCG sheds in 2019, when he was just 22 and still a Rooster, as he addressed the torrent of racial abuse he was receiving on social media for the first time. I asked Mitchell if he truly grasped the pile-on coming his way. 'I don't care. Everything that is said about Aboriginal people really affects me,' was his simple, lasting reply. On Indigenous issues and representation, no voice has rung louder or longer than Mitchell's in Australian sport since. For a while afterwards, Mitchell revelled in the lighter side of breaking the world wide web too. When the Rabbitohs flew him to Philadelphia to work with reconditioning guru Bill Knowles in 2022, Mitchell returned with his hamstrings in order and a new outlook on his rugby league life. 'I've been having fun, that's always been me, I've just been perceived as someone else,' Mitchell told colleague Christian Nicolussi during a mid-season South Sydney media day, conducting no less than a dozen interviews in the Redfern Oval stands. 'I've done it all my life, I've talked a big game but always backed it up. 'I think a lot more players need to be outspoken and confident in themselves, and understand the power you have in this game… In the US they are funny, and I took a lot out of the way they talk. 'They know the power they have. We need to start understanding that.' Good times for all. Because Mitchell did back himself up with big game after big game in a career-best run. And delivered a slew of headline-worthy quotes to boot. He declared 'that NSW jersey is mine' after terrorising incumbent Blues centre Matt Burton one Friday night, laughed off accusations of lying down to draw a penalty with ' call me Trell Milk ' and 'used [the media] to my advantage and the Roosters took the bait' when tensions were at their highest against his former club and Mitchell was being booed relentlessly. Two years on, Mitchell understands the power he also wields in not speaking. After the most tumultuous period of his career, when he briefly considered walking away from the game and Souths pondered similarly uncomfortable questions about his future at the club, Mitchell needed Wayne Bennett like never before. Forget the side-mouth, single word answers and cranky old Wayne routine. The 75-year-old uses the media to his advantage better than anyone. Bennett's return to the Rabbitohs coincided with Mitchell needing to put his head down. Needing to repay the club for a hellish campaign that ended with a foot injury, one-game ban and $40,000 in NRL and South Sydney fines (with a further $80,000 fine suspended) for the photos of him standing over a white substance in a Dubbo hotel room. The Mitchell narrative of last year - which also included his involvement in the Spencer Leniu-Ezra Mam racism saga, an expletive-laden Triple M interview and suspension for belting Shaun Johnson - was wilder than ever as it grew untenable. Nine months of no comment is Mitchell, with South Sydney's backing, taking charge of the narrative and letting 'his footy do the talking' - one of his favourite refrains over the years. Nine months of no comment also leaves that potentially career-defining drama in Dubbo hanging in the air though. It remains the reference point for any reporter worth their salt because Mitchell has never addressed it himself. In reality, most fans don't care. His NSW teammates certainly don't. Not when the 27-year-old can win games like no-one else - with frosty 49-metre field goals in driving rain, and clutch cut-out passes few have the temerity to even attempt, let alone pull off. Where Mitchell's self-imposed, Rabbitohs-endorsed media ban gets especially intriguing is Origin, where he is the single most magnetic, game-breaking player in a contest full of them. And where broadcasters Nine - publishers of this masthead - pay through the nose for the NRL's premium product, with all the trimmings, unrivalled player and coach access that money buys. The only shame of Mitchell's NSW career is that he's only featured in eight of the 21 matches played since his 2018 debut. The only other shame of Mitchell's NSW career is a regularly rocky relationship with Blues hierarchy. The last time Mitchell truly spoke before his triumphant Origin return at the MCG, in an enthralling two-part fireside chat with Michael Chammas (conducted on an anonymous park bench in southern Sydney), he voiced publicly what has been said privately for years. 'There was a lot of doubt with NSW because I've never been looked after,' Mitchell said. 'I've been the scapegoat. I don't want to go into this camp being the scapegoat if they lose.' Much of Mitchell's ill-will stemmed from his 2019 axing by then-coach Brad Fittler when he went missing at Suncorp Stadium. And belief his 2023 calf injuries stemmed from mismanagement in NSW camp, prompting South Sydney's physios to oversee fitness tests in conjunction with Blues staff. Last year NSW coach Michael Maguire made a point of setting Mitchell at ease and diverting attention from his star's Origin return with his uncharacteristic 'glass houses' remark, dominating the pre-game build-up with headlines of his own. Loading Mitchell promptly shot the MCG lights out for his coach, teammates and state. Any thought the Blues might push Mitchell to break his media ban this time round was never getting off the ground. South Sydney have been telling reporters all year to try their luck, ask for a comment or two, in 2026. Again, the reality is fans don't care. And the media, both in rugby league and wider still, will make do. Whatever Mitchell does throughout the build-up, never mind the actual 80 minutes of Origin I, is like catnip in a never-sleeping, endlessly clicking, scrolling and commenting landscape anyway. Even if rugby league's human headline refuses to speak.
