Latrell INJURED, Payten extends & Kenty calls out his mate! | Kenty Blitz EP183
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What happened to Latrell Mitchell's calf injury?
Welcome to Kenny Blitz, your daily hit of NRL news. Big news today, mate. Yeah. Everyone's expecting Luttrell to come back and play Parramatta this week.
Not only that, they were expecting to come back and rescue the Blues. So, didn't limp off, walked off the training paddock today. We're led to believe it's a calf injury. Went for scans, was only on the training paddock for 30 minutes before he walked off.
What are the implications of Payten's two-year extension?
As of this recording right now, I've yet to come out and say too much about it other than confirm it's a calf injury and been sent for scans. When the results come back, I do not know. But It doesn't look good, does it?
No, well, they play Parramatta Thursday night, and if he doesn't play this game, he can't go in, given he hasn't played. Is it the Newcastle game, I think, was his last game? And that's the back injury. That's not the calf.
Exactly. The other part to that, though, that also has to be looked at is whether he can train.
How did the Titans achieve a mammoth upset against the Panthers?
New South Wales have got a really bad habit in recent years of taking players into camp who have been unable to do much of the donkey work in training. In the case of a clean last game, for example, Mitch Moses' game before, they just haven't really... I think going in with a clean slate and said, right, from day one we're going to train hard and get into it. So I don't think Laurie will take the chance with Latrell Mitchell if he's not cleared to play against Parramatta on Thursday. I don't think there's any way the Blues can pick him, even though I am certain he was in the team.
What is the debate surrounding Stephen Crichton's position?
Did you read Bulldog today? Yeah. Yeah, so Bulldog has obviously got a pretty close alignment with Laurie. He wrote Latrell has to be picked, which to me, as you would know, it's the –
What are the current challenges facing Ricky Stuart and the Raiders?
It's the old, look, I'll leak it to you. You write it and nobody will be surprised. Laurie Daly's column. Yeah, Laurie Daly's column with my name on it. Look, Bozo used to do that. He was the best at it, Bozo. He'd tell Chippy who he was going to pick and two weeks later, everyone would go, at the time, they'd go, no way, that can't happen. Two weeks later, the team would be announced and the player would be in there and everyone would go, well, they were talking and I was saying it was going to happen. All the criticism was gone. But I think Latrell was in the team by Laurie, certainly penciled in, same as I think Liam Martin's penciled in, given what I read this morning. But will he play now? Unlikely.
Well, mate, in the fair dinkum stakes, if Latrell's fit, he's in the team.
How does Latrell's injury affect New South Wales' chances in Origin?
Like even Laurie gets that one right. Yeah. We need him. New South Wales need Latrell Mitchell. And I wouldn't think Latrell would put himself in danger of not going into an Origin game underdone if he didn't think he could get through it. So I would trust Latrell on this one. If Latrell comes around and says, I think I can make it through, I'd gamble on him. Even if you couldn't train? If he said it, because I truly don't think, given the criticism that he's copped over time and how he only has to blink the wrong way and people will come down on him, I think that if he put himself up for the occasion, I'd back him in.
What strategies are being discussed for the upcoming games?
But he wouldn't do that, Paul, if he couldn't play against Parramatta on Thursday night.
Yeah, well, we'll wait and see. Look, I don't know. I don't know what he'll do. I think he wants to play for New South Wales and would love to be fit and ready to go, but it's just a lot of unknowns. The other thing is calf injuries are – Real buggers of injuries. They're a little bit like hamstrings. Actually, they're worse than hamstrings. Hamstrings, you can start to sort of get a bit of an idea that you've got tightness there and you can be a little bit wary and protected a little bit. Calf injuries, particularly as you get older, as you know, they can just sit there and you can be running along fine and all of a sudden it's like a rubber band snapping. You just, boom, it's gone and you just can't even –
Mediate it when you're suffering it. Once it goes, it just goes. There's no way to soften the blow.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to Latrell Mitchell's calf injury?
0:01–0:28
2
What are the implications of Payten's two-year extension?
0:28–1:04
3
How did the Titans achieve a mammoth upset against the Panthers?
1:04–1:44
4
What is the debate surrounding Stephen Crichton's position?
1:44–1:56
5
What are the current challenges facing Ricky Stuart and the Raiders?
1:56–2:40
6
How does Latrell's injury affect New South Wales' chances in Origin?
2:40–3:24
7
What strategies are being discussed for the upcoming games?
3:24–4:35
8
What are the future prospects for the Dragons and their coaching situation?
4:35–31:50
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