Overview

• Latrell Mitchell received a sin-bin for a high tackle on Sualauvi Fa’alogo during the Rabbitohs' Anzac Day match against the Storm.
• Fa’alogo failed his head injury assessment and will miss Melbourne’s Magic Round game under the NRL’s mandatory 11-day concussion protocol.
• Mitchell faces at least a one-week suspension, with the risk of a two-match ban if his judiciary appeal is unsuccessful.
• Storm coach Craig Bellamy and captain Cameron Munster defended Mitchell, citing wet conditions and Fa’alogo’s slip as factors in the incident.
• The Rabbitohs are already grappling with significant injury challenges, including the absence of key players like Cody Walker and Cameron Murray.