#Shouldn'thavelethimleaveinthefirstplace
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...alian-schoolboys/story-e6frexnr-1226425745281
While up to seven NRL clubs are now chasing the playmaker's signature, Elias revealed his nephew could have already been locked into a deal with Parramatta had they not tossed him aside.
"Mitchell was an Eels junior, absolutely," Elias said. "But when I spoke to a certain bloke at the club about keeping him, he basically told me to go elsewhere and do my best. So I went to the Tigers, to recruitment manager Warren McDonnell, who signed him after watching one game. I think the Eels will be feeling pretty sick and sorry now."