Category: NRL

• Rabittohs star fined as much as $120,000 with most suspended
• Injured full-back must serve one-match ban only when fully fit

Latrell Mitchell’s white-powder saga could cost him as much as $120,000 in fines, but South Sydney believe the incident will be a “turning point” for the NRL superstar.

The NRL has also confirmed Mitchell will serve his one-match ban only when fully fit, finalising its investigation more than two weeks after a photo circulated on social media showing the 27-year-old leaning over a white powder.

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• Former All Black to represent nation of his birth in rugby league Tests
• Dally M medallist makes switch ahead of Pacific Championships

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has pledged his allegiance to Samoa, opting to prioritise the Pacific nation ahead of New Zealand in one of the biggest international swaps of this decade.

The Warriors star had been in talks with Samoa ever since his decision to return to rugby league late last year, following a stint in Super Rugby and with the All Blacks. One of New Zealand’s most accomplished players with 20 Tests and a Dally M Medal, Tuivasa-Sheck has ultimately decided to honour the nation of his birth and heritage.

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• Ron Coote, Allan Langer and Peter Sterling also on short list
• NRL to induct a 14th Immortal on Wednesday night in Sydney

A 14th Immortal will be announced by the NRL on Wednesday night and interest centres around whether a past great such as Ron Coote will get the nod, or if modern stars such as Cameron Smith or Darren Lockyer are honoured.

Brisbane great Lockyer was a frontrunner in 2017 to be inducted when Rugby League Week magazine was on the cusp of naming a ninth Immortal, only for the publication to be closed and all its intellectual property, including the Immortals concept, bought by the NRL.

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