South Sydney recruit Josh Mansour has revealed how he felt "personally burned" after being demoted by coach Wayne Bennett after his dismal round one performance against Melbourne. Bennett axed Mansour for Jaxson Paulo for the club's round two win over Manly after giving the veteran winger a reality check following his debut for the club. Mansour joined Souths after copping the axe not long after Penrith's grand final loss to the Storm in 2020. "I was actually more pissed off more than anything, because I feel like I didn't get the opportunity to redeem myself the next week," Mansour said. "It burned me, personally." Mansour pointed to a lack of familiarity with fellow teammates in the backline for the poor opening, but said he has now grown more in tune with his new teammates, especially Latrell Mitchell and Campbell Graham. He said Bennett asked him to fight back into the team through hard work at training.
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