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NRL boss Andrew Abdo has vehemently denied Souths star Latrell Mitchell gets special treatment and that the sport is too afraid to sanction him after he escaped a fine for an expletive-filled post-game interview last week.
Players have been investigated in the past for using poor language, but Abdo said Brandon Smith wasn’t hit with a breach notice for swearing on a podcast, and neither was Cronulla’s Toby Rudolf for making inappropriate comments on Fox Sports.“That’s quite a bold statement to make and we’ve proven over the past that when a player breaches the rules and we believe it warrants a breach action, we take it,” Abdo said at the launch of Multicultural Round in Parramatta.
“But we have a number of high-profile players and Latrell is one of them. He’s a role model, he’s a leader and if there’s an opportunity to engage with him and work with him on a range of issues confronting the game, then I wouldn’t be doing my job if I wasn’t doing that.”Mitchell took to Instagram to tell everyone to “move on” from the issue.
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