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Rabbits21 wrote:Mitchell said his brother had been "Mr Energy" around Heffron Park since receiving his ban and had been particularly supportive of stand-in fullback Jye Gray.
The diminutive Gray impressed during the pre-season and made his NRL debut as Mitchell's replacement in the loss to the Sharks.
"He (Mitchell) is very enthusiastic, he brings the energy. If everything starts dying down, he brings it back up," Shaq Mitchell said.
"He's been around the game for a while and helps Jye-Boy out. I think it's more a fact of letting (Gray) play his game, just saying, 'It's good to play your game, don't be like me, we're two completely different players'."
As the Rabbitohs look to revive their campaign, speculation has swirled about Mitchell returning to the centres, where he played for the Sydney Roosters in their 2018 and 2019 premierships.
Such a shift could reinvigorate Mitchell following a middling start to the year, and would allow the highly-rated Gray to stay in the side long-term.
Mitchell's older brother did address the specifics of who should be playing fullback, but hoped there could be room for both men in the Rabbitohs' team once Latrell returned in round 10.
"For sure (Gray) should be fitting in there," he asid.
"Having both them in the same side is going to be very dangerous. You've got the power game (from Mitchell) and you've got the speedster (Gray) as well."
Sounds positive re Jye. I think he needs to be in the side.
Whether they have the guts to do this is the question when Trell is back….
1. Jye
3. Trell
6. Wighton
7. Cody
Thanks for the info young rabbit.
I would like to get Gray, but will wait until Latrell is back to see how things pan out.
There's also speculation of JD getting dropped in a couple weeks. Too many question marks for me atm
