Have you heard about the Jack Wighton backflip? Or the text message containing a host of salacious accusations? We separate fact from fiction in the South Sydney rumour mill.
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They’re flowing thick and fast out of Redfern. Sorry, Heffron Park. An unrelenting barrage of bile, much of which is well wide of the mark.
The latest claims are all contained within a text message that alleges a host of salacious innuendo surrounding the Pride of the League. It is gripping stuff. Only one problem – much of it is seemingly incorrect.
Among the suggestions was that Latrell Mitchell, the club’s highest paid player, flew to Perth recently on a separate plane to the rest of his teammates because of the tensions within the squad.
The claim was of course wrong. Mitchell was on the plane with…