Latrell Mitchell cheekily claimed his former Rabbitohs teammate Adam Reynolds “didn’t make one tackle” regardless of the Broncos halfback holding his shoulder after the sport.
Reynolds was a livewire all through and was an important cog within the Broncos’ attacking machine within the first half, however the Rabbitohs finally took maintain of the sport within the second half and ran out 32-6 winners.
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Despite the small stature of Reynolds in comparison with his teammates, he put in a shift with a number of essential tackles and absorbed some huge photographs too.
He was seen clutching his shoulder after the sport and Mitchell couldn’t assist himself however poke enjoyable at his previous teammate.
“He was holding his shoulder out there and I was thinking, ‘Mate you didn’t make one tackle tonight,’” Mitchell informed Nine after the sport.
“Reyno’s Reyno, he’ll turn up, he’s a football player and he’s a character, I love him and I sure do miss him but we’ve got to move on and do our jobs.”
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Although there could have been hugs and catch-ups between the pair after the sport, there was actually no love misplaced in the course of the contest.
The two had a spicy second in direction of the tip of the primary half when Mitchell simply dealt with a grubber from Reynolds on his personal purpose line and introduced the ball out, solely to be wrapped up by Reynolds and Kotoni Staggs.
But as Mitchell tried to stand up, he inadvertently appeared to headbutt Reynolds which left a bitter style within the mouth of the previous South Sydney star as the 2 engaged in a quick second of push-and-shove.
Reynolds instantly protested to referee Ashley Klein, claiming it was a “f***ing headbutt” on the printed.
The incident sparked an all-in scuffle not lengthy after as tensions boiled over within the fiery contest.
Fox League commentators Andrew Voss and Cooper Cronk couldn’t assist however poke enjoyable on the dimension distinction of Reynolds and Mitchell.
“I don’t think the boxing authorities are going to rubberstamp that fight,” Voss stated.
“That’s why Patrick Carrigan came in to help out the halfback,” Cronk replied.
Source: www.foxsports.com.au