Latrell Mitchell

Latrell Mitchell (né Goolagong; born 16 June 1997) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL), and has represented both New South Wales in the State of Origin series and Australia at international level as a.

In 2013 and 2014, Mitchell played for the New South Wales under-16s and under-18s teams respectively.

Mitchell played for the Roosters' S. G. Ball Cup team during the 2014 season, where he was named as the S. G. Ball Player of the Year, and the man-of-the-match in the S. G. Ball Grand Final.

In November 2014, Mitchell was selected for the Australian Schoolboys team for their tour of England and France.

He scored thirteen tries in seven games and was named player of the series.

Mitchell also played in the next two games of the series; although New South Wales won the second game but lost the third, the side did win its first Origin shield since 2014.

Mitchell played in the Roosters' NYC team during the 2015 season.

On 16 June 2015, he re-signed with the club until the end of the 2019 season.

On 8 July 2015, Mitchell played at fullback for the New South Wales under 20s team and scored a try in the 32–16 win at Lang Park.

On 14 September 2015, Mitchell was named on the interchange bench in the 2015 NYC Team of the Year.

Mitchell was named in the Roosters' 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.

During the tournament, he scored four tries in three games.

Mitchell also played in the Roosters' 2016 World Club Series win against St Helens.

In Round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Roosters against the South Sydney Rabbitohs and subsequently played in every game of the season, finishing with fourteen tries as the team's leading try and point scorer.

In February, Mitchell played as an interchange in the 2017 All Stars match at McDonald Jones Stadium.

In the first round of the NRL season, Mitchell scored a hat-trick in the Roosters' 32–18 win over the Gold Coast Titans at Robina Stadium.

He scored the game-winning try in week 1 of the 2017 finals against the Broncos.

In the preliminary final against North Queensland, Mitchell endured a horror night which involved him sending two kick off restarts out on the full which both led to tries for the opposition.

The Sydney Roosters lost the match 29–16 in what proved to be one of the upsets of the season.

He began his NRL career with the Sydney Roosters and was a member of the 2018 and 2019 NRL Grand Final championship rosters as a centre.

Mitchell has also represented the Indigenous All Stars, and played as a er during his earlier career.

Mitchell (né Goolagong) was born in Taree, New South Wales and is of Aboriginal descent from Birpai and Wiradjuri people.

He attended Chatham High School and played junior rugby league for the Taree Red Rovers as well as Group 3 Rugby League under 18's for Taree City club.

Mitchell was selected to play for New South Wales in The 2018 State of Origin series by coach Brad Fittler.

He scored a try in the first match of the series.

In the NRL 2018 finals series, Mitchell was handed a one match suspension after being charged for a crusher tackle on Josh Dugan in the Roosters victory over Cronulla.

Mitchell subsequently missed the preliminary final victory over Souths.

On 30 September, Mitchell played in the 2018 NRL Grand Final against the Melbourne Storm scoring a try in the 14th minute and kicking four goals in the Sydney Roosters 21–6 win.

At the National Dreamtime Awards 2018, Mitchell was named Male Sportsperson of the Year.

In February, Mitchell played as a centre in the 2019 All Stars match at AAMI Park and kicked three out of seven goals.

In round 6 of the 2019 NRL season, Mitchell scored a try and kicked the winning field goal as the Sydney Roosters defeated Melbourne 21–20 in golden point extra time.

In round 8, Mitchell scored a hat-trick and kicked seven goals as the Sydney Roosters defeated Wests Tigers 42–12 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

In Game 1 of the 2019 State of Origin series, Mitchell was sin binned for a professional foul on Matt Gillett in the 58th minute, and dropped for the subsequent games.

In round 14 against the Bulldogs, Mitchell scored two tries and kicked five goals in a 38–12 victory at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

In round 18 against Newcastle, Mitchell scored a try and kicked eight goals as the Sydney Roosters won the match 48–10 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

In Round 20 against the Gold Coast, Mitchell scored two tries and kicked nine goals as the Sydney Roosters won the match 58–6 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

In round 22 against the New Zealand Warriors, Mitchell scored two tries and kicked five goals.

The Sydney Roosters won the match 42–6 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

On 2 October, Mitchell was named as the Dally M centre of the year at the Dally M Awards ceremony.

Mitchell played at centre in the club's 2019 NRL Grand Final victory over the Canberra Raiders at ANZ Stadium.