Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr make formal move. Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr make formal move. Ahead of the NRL season, South Sydney and the Parramatta Eels are taking action.
In order for Josh Addo-Carr and Latrell Mitchell to serve their suspensions in the All-Stars game prior to the 2025 season, the NRL has been urged to deny the applications. According to reports, the Parramatta Eels and South Sydney Rabbitohs have both formally requested that the NRL consider the All-Stars match as a factor in Mitchell and Addo-Carr’s suspensions, which have been carried over into the next season.
When Mitchell sustained a foot injury during the State of Origin series, his wild 2024 season came to a stop. Despite trying to make a late recovery, the fullback did not play for the Rabbitohs again. A picture of Mitchell carrying what looked to be white powder on a trip to Dubbo for coaching clinics then surfaced, earning him a $20,000 fine and a one-game suspension.
At the close of the season, South Sydney made every effort to demonstrate Mitchell’s fitness, which might have resulted in him serving his ban in round 27. The 27-year-old would miss the first round of the 2018 season, though, after the NRL rejected the requests.
The Rabbitohs are expecting Mitchell will be available in round one, though, since they have asked Geoff Bellew, the chair of the judiciary, to let him count the Indigenous and Maori teams’ preseason All-Stars match as his one-game punishment.
And the Rabbitohs have been followed by the Eels. Addo-Carr, who recently joined the Parramatta Eels, is also suspended for the first round of the new season.
After leaving the Bulldogs, Addo-Carr will miss the opening round of the 2025 season while he completes the remaining four games of a ban that ultimately cost him his Canterbury job. Given that Mitchell and Addo-Carr have both proudly represented the Indigenous All-Stars squad for a period of years, many people may be surprised by the switch. Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr make formal move.
