Analysis: Latrell Mitchell’s arrival as a genuine superstar at Origin level warmed the hearts of league fans in NSW and was anything but an accident | Danny_Weidler
“I speak enough,” he said when asked about the difference in his approach this time around. “I’m here to play football and win a game with my teammates.”While he is a huge figure of interest in the game, Mitchell was a man on a mission. What wasn’t known when he said those words was that Mitchell was part of the NSW leadership group.
Mitchell was on board and knew his role. That’s not to say he has lost one bit of his passion to be a role model and leader for Indigenous people. Instead, two days before Origin I, Mitchell, Jack Wighton and Josh Addo-Carr went to Cowboys House in Townsville to spend time with a group of young Indigenous people. Significantly, Fittler and team manager Peter Parr also attended. It was a show of support for Mitchell and his teammates.
“I couldn’t have had a better preparation for a game and to then top it off with a win made it the perfect time.”The NRL is very image conscious, so it is not surprising that the image to the right, which has been sent to leading Blues officials, has caused considerable angst among the game’s bosses.
“And we discovered it by chance,” NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo said. “We weren’t aware until the day before the game when someone informed us that he was at Queensland training.
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