'You talk to Trell': Wighton fires up after grilling

South Sydney recruit Jack Wighton has fired up at questions over his embattled close friend Latrell Mitchell.

Mitchell again finds himself in the spotlight after being banned for three weeks for whacking Warriors veteran Shaun Johnson in the head with an elbow.

The ugly act was an exclamation point on a 34-4 loss at the hands of the Warriors in Sydney on Saturday.

It sunk the sorry Bunnies to a 1-4 start to the season and nailed them to the bottom of the NRL ladder.

On Monday night’s 100% Footy on Nine, Phil Gould questioned Mitchell’s “love” for the game and suggested he might be playing rugby league for the wrong reasons.

Wighton was one of three Rabbitohs players who faced the media scrum after training on Monday, and he was asked about Gould’s suggestion.

“Of course he wants to play the game,” Wighton said of Mitchell.

“I said the other week when people started asking me about Latrell – I’m not here to talk about Latrell.