Latrell Mitchell has been withdrawn after just 14 minutes of South Sydney’s game with St George Illawarra Dragons, with early reports suggesting that it is a hamstring problem.

Mitchell was in a tackle with Aaron Woods and Tariq Sims when he pulled up, with initial fears that it was a knee problem, though that was later revised to a hamstring.

He has been receiving cortisone injections into his knee for over a week and has barely trained with the Rabbitohs.

Blake Taaffe had been included on the bench as a precaution, given the cloud hanging over Mitchell’s knee, and was brought into the game as a result.

Fox League later reported that the Bunnies and Mitchell were angered at the surface at Accord Stadium, which has recently be used for a Socceroos match and a concert.