Embattled NRL star Latrell Mitchell is cleared of coronavirus just one week after being fined for hosting a brazen camping trip for a group of mates
- Latrell Mitchell, Adam Reynolds and Liam Knight were all cleared of COVID-19
- All three of the players were sent home on Monday after displaying symptoms
- Sydney Roosters Coach Trent Robinson was also cleared of COVID-19
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The three South Sydney players turned away from the NRL club’s headquarters and sent for COVID-19 tests have returned negative results for the virus.
In a major relief to the NRL, Latrell Mitchell, Adam Reynolds and Liam Knight were all cleared on Tuesday after showing mild symptoms on Monday morning before being sent home.
Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson was also cleared after testing for the virus.
South Sydney players Latrell Mitchell (pictured), Adam Reynolds and Liam Knight were all cleared of COVID-19 after being sent home from training on Monday displaying symptoms
A Souths club statement on Monday night said its testing regime showed how seriously the club was taking the health of its players.
‘Results have shown that all players have been cleared of COVID-19 infection.
‘The Rabbitohs are taking the NRL’s health protocols very seriously, hence why these three players were sent for testing today.’
Mitchell’s test came just a week after the centre-turned-fullback and Melbourne Storm winger Josh Addo-Carr were fined by NSW Police for breaking social distancing laws.
The pair were pictured with 10 other men around a fire, near Taree in mid north NSW.
Mitchell and Addo Carr were both given $20,000 fines before each took to social media to apologise.
Warriors hooker Nathaniel Roache was cleared of COVID-19 on Monday but that diagnosis came too late to join his teammates, who flew from Auckland to their quarantine base in Tamworth a day earlier.
Roache had to miss the flight, leaving the club to make plans for him to join them later and potentially undergo self-isolation.
Mitchell came under fire after pictures of him, Melbourne Storm player Josh Addo-Carr and some friends were pictured breaching social distancing rules before both being fined $20,000
Meanwhile Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson has also been cleared of coronavirus after skipping a COVID-19 education seminar at Moore Park on Monday as a precaution.
He had shown symptoms of a sore throat and opted to self-isolate at home rather than join his team at club headquarters on Monday.
He told The Daily Telegraph he wanted to demonstrate the right thing to do and immediately went for a coronavirus test before returning a negative result.
‘You’ve just got to do the right thing and stay away if you’ve got any symptoms, even a runny nose,’ he said.
‘I’ve heard a few players around the game are in the same boat and couldn’t turn up today. You’ve just got to be super careful.’
Rooster coach Trent Robinson (pictured) skipped a COVID-19 safety class after displaying symptoms but was also cleared after immediately going to a doctor for a test