NRL great Willie Mason endorses Latrell Mitchell for NSW Blues selection ahead of Origin two – ‘he just scares the hell out of teams’

NRL great Willie Mason is pushing for Latrell Mitchell to be given an Origin recall, labelling the Rabbitohs star the ‘best left centre in the world’.

Mitchell, 26, was overlooked by NSW Blues coach Michael Maguire for the series opener in Sydney, but with Joseph Sua’ali’i suspended he looms as the logical replacement.

‘He just scares the hell out of teams,’ Mason, who played 19 games for NSW, told co-host Gorden Tallis on NRL 360.

‘He’s got that X-factor. I know they didn’t consider him for game one with what was going on off the field.

‘The papers [media] were controlling this narrative saying he’s a bad influence. I don’t think that’s a fact.

‘I think he’s really shown it in the last couple of weeks and I think he’s going to prove it again this week [against Brisbane].

‘I still think he’s the best left centre in the world. He’s just got that attack and he’s got that presence and he’s the only one that scares Queensland.’