Cody Walker calls it a mutual respect built on admiration. It's the story of how Walker and Latrell Mitchell began as rivals debuting in the NRL against each other and now have a bond so strong it is helping fuel South Sydney's finals run. Souths received a massive boost on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's NRL grand final rematch against Penrith with Mitchell cleared of a groin injury. "Obviously teams fear Latrell," Walker said. "You have to number up on him because he's hard to handle one-on-one. He is quick for a big guy. "He breaks a lot of tackles and just adds another another attacking threat." "It's hard to explain how it works, because it's just one of those things that we anticipate what the other is going to do," Walker said. "We talk about different game plans and whatnot ... but I wouldn't say a lot of it is thought (out). "I might say 'the centre might do this..or this is a play that we can do'. "Or just hitting him on the run, he will just say something to me as he's running out the back. "And I know what play is on. You can't really explain it." "We spend a fair bit of time off the field together," Walker said. "We're pretty close in that sense, so we have that mutual respect for one another. "I admire that the person he is. He is such a beautiful person on and off the field. "And what he's been able to achieve in the game at such a good age, you just just admire that about him."
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