NRL icon Gorden Tallis has called on South Sydney to switch superstar Latrell Mitchell to the centres as scrutiny intensifies on the team and Mitchell after an 0-3 start to the year.

“There’s talk that Latrell should be a centre,” Tallis began on Fox League’s NRL 360.

“There’s got to be someone in the system, that’s the role of the recruitment to have a backup in case he goes down.

“The fullback has become an effort role where Latrell is a strike weapon. He’s powerful, give him the ball eight times a game and see what he does instead of all that running.

“Is that Latrell’s weapon, as a strike centre?”