South Sydney’s membership physician has reportedly visited Latrell Mitchell to test on his shoulder within the aftermath of his arrest on Sunday morning.
Mitchell and shut good friend Jack Wighton have been celebrating the Raiders star’s thirtieth birthday earlier than they allegedly started wrestling exterior a Canberra nightclub at 3.45am.
While Daily Telegraph reported witness accounts that it was “not a lot more than a friendly wrestle”, police have been known as to the scene and Mitchell was charged with resisting arrest, whereas Wighton was additionally charged.
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In the Channel 7 footage, Mitchell may be heard screaming ‘my shoulders’ a number of instances and seemed to be in critical ache as an onlooker screamed “you’re literally hurting him, they weren’t doing anything!”
Veteran rugby league Daily Telegraph reporter Phil Rothfield — who broke the story on the celebrity duo’s arrest — defined on Monday morning the pair will doubtless be “showing remorse” once they entrance the ACT Magistrates Court, regardless of options police over-reacted by arresting them.
Rothfield additionally questioned why the pair have been out at such a late hour, per week earlier than the beginning of pre-season and stated “it could have been so much worse”.
“I have spoken to Souths and (Mitchell’s manager) Matt Rose about this and whether there will be some sort of complaint lodged with the ACT Police or when the two boys go to court in a fortnight’s time,” Rothfield stated on the Big Sports Breakfast.
“They both told me that Jack and Latrell will more likely be showing remorse when they turn up in court.
“They understand they’ve brought untimely and embarrassing headlines to rugby league on the eve of the season, and they are dirty on themselves for putting themselves in that position.
“That’s not to say, and there were so many eyewitnesses I saw on the Channel 7 report last night, including the manager of the hotel, who were critical of the way police handled it.
“I can tell you — this could have been so much worse, there’s about four police who have Latrell on the ground, he is yelling out ‘my shoulder, my shoulder’.
“Well that was while they were trying to handcuff him, it was so serious South Sydney’s club doctor had to visit Latrell at his home last night just to check it was okay.
“He thinks it is, they are pretty confident it isn’t going to stop him from playing for the All Stars this weekend if he does make the trip to New Zealand.
“They are convinced it won’t stop him from playing Round 1 of the competition, however physios will be monitoring it and if it does get worse, he’ll have to get scans.”
Rothfield stated the million-dollar participant shouldn’t have put themselves within the scenario in any respect.
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“I guess you have to wonder why million-dollar football players should be in nightclubs at 3am in February when they are so deep into their pre-season,” Rothfield stated.
“That’s not to say police haven’t overreacted here with the arrest, but I just don’t think they should have put themselves in that position with so much drama, the face of the game Latrell being seen in graphic CCTV footage after fighting his great mate Jack Wighton.
“These two are as close as any two footballers in the NRL, especially ones from rival clubs.
“To give you an idea of how close their relationship is, Latrell was concerned about going on the Kangaroo tour, the World Cup tour of England, he does get homesick, he loves his farm at Taree.
“It was only that Jack Wighton was going and he basically had one of his brothers you could say in the side that convinced him to go to England.
“Matt Rose explained it to me yesterday, there’s a little bit of rivalry between them, they both think they are stronger than each other.
“Whenever they get together and have a few beers they will have a wrestle to prove it, this time they’ve had too much to drink, it got a little bit out of hand.
“But the eyewitnesses I have spoken to have said it was an over-reaction by the police, in the circumstances of the arrest particularly.
“But the bottom line is, footy players shouldn’t be wrestling in nightclubs, friendly or not.
“That’s the part I am talking about, million-dollar footballers being in nightclubs at that time of the morning and just putting themselves in awkward dangerous positions, where this could have been a lot worse.
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“He could have been hurt, how do you prove it was in the police arrest he did hurt his shoulder? How do we know it wasn’t while he was wrestling with Jack?
“I’m not dirty with them having a beer, but they do get an eight-week off-season, that’s the time they party, not this close to the season.”
In a press release, an NRL spokesperson informed foxsports.com.au: “The NRL Integrity Unit has been made aware of this matter and is liaising with the Rabbitohs and Raiders clubs.”
A South Sydney membership assertion on Sunday learn: “The South Sydney Rabbitohs are aware of an alleged incident involving Latrell Mitchell this morning in Canberra.
“The Rabbitohs have informed the NRL Integrity Unit about the alleged incident.
“The Rabbitohs will be making no further comment at this stage.”
A Raiders membership assertion on Sunday learn: “The Canberra Raiders have been made aware of an alleged incident involving Jack Wighton last night in Canberra.
“The club has informed the NRL integrity unit and is co-operating with ACT police.
“The Raiders will not be making further comment at this time.”
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