{"id":403263,"date":"2024-06-15T11:06:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T11:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403263"},"modified":"2024-06-15T12:05:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T12:05:33","slug":"we-on-latrell-breaks-silence-in-huge-origin-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403263","title":{"rendered":"'We on?': Latrell breaks silence in huge Origin reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"

L\ufeffatrell Mitchell<\/a> has declared his availability for the NSW Blues<\/a> after breaking his three-month silence.<\/p>\n

Mitchell was pictured in conversation with Blues coach Michael Maguire at South Sydney's 2014 premiership reunion with the superstar posting the photo to his Instagram story captioning it "we on?"<\/p>\n

The Rabbitohs fullback wasn't selected for game one but is likely to come in for game two after Joseph Suaalii's suspension.<\/p>\n

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Mitchell spoke exclusively to 9News Sydney and The Sydney Morning Herald\ufeff<\/a>, stating "I'm keen" in reference to Origin.<\/p>\n

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"If Madge [Maguire] wants me, I'm in," he said.<\/p>\n

"I'm ready to go to Melbourne and give it to some Queenslanders. There was a lot of doubt with NSW because I've never been looked after.<\/p>\n

"I've been the scapegoat. I don't want to go into this camp being the scapegoat if they lose.<\/p>\n

"I want to go into a camp and feel comfortable in my own skin and create some bonds and get ready to play for people I want to play for. Not go in and be the scapegoat for the media to go, 'Latrell this, this and this'."<\/p>\n

Watch the 2024 State of Origin series exclusively live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\ufeff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After an inconsistent start to the season, Mitchell has lit up the competition in recent weeks and starred during his side's win over the Broncos on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Before the series opener, reports had suggested Mitchell was considering withdrawing from consideration for game one as Souths languished at the bottom of the ladder.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old admits he didn't know what he wanted at the time.<\/p>\n

"I wasn't in the right head space before game one," he told The Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n

"At the same time, I was probably a bit filthy I didn't get picked, to be honest. I was playing god there for a little bit. I didn't know what I wanted. I played with fire a little bit. The doubt was there. I was scared about being thrown under the bus again but now I know where I stand as a player. I'm ready to go if I get picked. I won't let the state down."<\/p>\n

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Mitchell added he believes Maguire will protect him if things don't go the way he wants in game two.<\/p>\n

The superstar has had an up and down relationship with the NSWRL since being dropped in 2019 by coach Brad Fittler.<\/p>\n

Mitchell claims he wasn't told about the decision.<\/p>\n

"I was told I was going to play the next game, then told I wasn't playing [through] the media," he said.<\/p>\n

"I didn't know why. I didn't know anything. I felt like I played all right. I missed a couple of tackles but who knows. I don't want to dwell on it now. Hopefully, game two, I'm there.<\/p>\n

"I want to play for my state. I know what people want. We want to win. We have passion. The Queenslanders say we don't but we do, if not more than them.<\/p>\n

"I want to give back. I want to give back to the state and show them that I'm ready and raring to go."\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L\ufeffatrell Mitchell has declared his availability for the NSW Blues after breaking his three-month silence. Mitchell was pictured in conversation with Blues coach Michael Maguire […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":403268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403263"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403271,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403263\/revisions\/403271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/403268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}