After a false begin final week, celebrity fullback Latrell Mitchell returns for the Rabbitohs in Friday evening’s conflict with the Wests Tigers at Scully Park, Tamworth.
Mitchell has missed seven video games with the calf harm that additionally dominated him out of this yr’s State of Origin sequence.
His return pushes Blake Taaffe, who did an admirable job filling in at fullback, again to the reserves.
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In one other change, Jai Arrow shifts from an edge to prop with Jacob Host becoming a member of the beginning facet within the second row and Jed Cartwright replaces Tallis Duncan on the bench after a few large performances in New South Wales Cup.
With the Rabbitohs sitting ninth after dropping three of their final 4 video games, Mitchell’s return couldn’t have come at a greater time.
Meanwhile, the Tigers are sitting final 4 factors behind the Sixteenth-placed Bulldogs after dropping seven straight video games.
But they obtain a useful enhance in skilled playmaker Luke Brooks getting back from a hamstring harm at halfback.
Charlie Staines additionally returns from a severe abdomen harm on the wing, forcing a backline reshuffle. Junior Tupou shifts to the centres and Tommy Talau drops out of the 17.
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