- Latrell Mitchell has installed a private gym in his home
- The Southern superstar has demolished his private bar
- Mitchell has lost weight and is training hard.
South Sydney fullback Latrell Mitchell has transformed himself in the off-season by giving up alcohol and training his heart out after a white powder scandal nearly derailed the superstar’s troubled football career.
Recent photos of Mitchell show he is taking his fitness very seriously following a turbulent end to the 2024 NRL season.
A slimmed-down Mitchell has lost at least 10 pounds over the offseason and is showing coach Wayne Bennett that he means business by turning his home into a training base. news corporation information.
The Bunnies defenseman demolished his home bar and replaced it with a personal gym complete with yoga mats, weights and a two-person sauna.
The enigmatic star will miss the season opener after receiving a one-game suspension for a photo that showed him leaning over a table with unidentified white powder.
Bennett, who has reportedly given the underperforming team a passionate review of its 2024 season, says he is not worried about Mitchell.
“Latrell’s physical condition will not be a problem for me,” the coach said.
“I haven’t spoken to Latrell lately, but if he’s fit it’s great to know.
Latrell Mitchell is pictured with the sauna he is installing in his home as he converts it into an off-season training base.
Returning coach Wayne Bennett (pictured with Mitchell) says it’s great to know the Bunnies star is in good shape.
‘The NRL and the club have dealt with him (over the white powder saga).
“I’m not there with Latrell right now, but I’ll know a lot more about him in a month.
‘They are all professionals and Ben Hornby (interim coach) did a great job at the end of the season.
“The Souths were in a difficult situation (after the firing of coach Jason Demetriou), but they came out of it and are back to being a football team.”
Mitchell posted photos of himself on Instagram setting up his new gym and sauna, signaling his commitment to making a change.
NRL great Corey Parker has also commented on the changes to the Rabbitohs No.1.
Mitchell was fined $20,000 by the NRL after the Integrity Unit investigated an image of him leaning over a table covered in white powder in a Dubbo hotel room (pictured).
The Souths fullback (pictured with his family last week) reportedly lost 5kg during the off-season and is ready to impress.
‘I saw a bunch of photos the other day… he looked extremely thin. He looked fit,” Parker said on SEN Radio.
“Hopefully some really good things will come. Obviously Wayne has talked to him. But I’m not upset about the fact that I didn’t hear Latrell come out and say things. Keep your nose down, Latrell.
Mitchell won’t look back on 2024 fondly on and off the field.
He was suspended for three games after a late elbow to Warriors running back Shaun Johnson, and then became involved in a war of words with Anthony Mundine that went on for weeks following the Spencer Leniu and Ezra Mam racist saga.
Add to that his expletive-laden interview with Triple M after the game, his public disagreement with NRL 360 presenter Braith Anasta in a Sydney restaurant, followed by his now infamous white powder photo in a hotel room of Dubbo, it was understandable that fed up club officials wanted to see drastic measures. changes.