Though it wasn’t as excellent for his NSW State of Origin colleague, the Souths fullback produced another brilliant performance.
The Rabbitohs won their sixth straight game on Thursday night behind another masterful performance from Latrell Mitchell, but NSW colleague Mitchell Moses had a surprise. With a 32-16 victory over the Eels and a just two points separating them from the top eight on the live NRL table, South Sydney maintained their incredible ascent under interim coach Ben Hornby.
Once again, Mitchell stole the show, continuing a stellar run of play that began when he returned from suspension earlier in the season. He produced a line-break and three line-break assists on Thursday night in addition to scoring a try and setting up two others.
In addition, he broke five tackles and sprinted 126 meters, putting forth a dedicated and active effort against the unfortunate Eels. It extended the much-maligned fullback’s astounding comeback, which many wrote off at the beginning of the season due to a turbulent period both on and off the field.
Following the game, Hornby remarked, “Latrell was great today and Cody (Walker) had some great plays.” “To be fair, I could mention the entire team; they all played really well and gave a fantastic effort. I’m quite happy about that. Together, the spine has improved, but our attack still needs improvement. Hopefully, Jack can keep demonstrating what a fantastic player he is.”
Mitchell Moses has shocker as frustrations mount for Eels
Unfortunately it wasn’t such a happy night for Mitchell’s State of Origin teammate Moses, who has crashed back to earth since starring for NSW in Game 2 last week. Moses was absolutely superb in Origin 2 at the MCG, and produced another good performance for the Eels last weekend.
But he had a shocker on Thursday night and never managed to hit his stride against Souths. His nightmare was capped off when he was sin-binned in the dying stages for a blatant professional foul.
Moses refused to let Jai Arrow play the ball, and appeared as though he wanted to stop the play so the Eels could challenge a previous decision. But the NRL outlawed players doing that in recent years, and Moses was quickly sent for 10 minutes in the bin.
