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It is 'killing' the suspended Latrell Mitchell to watch from the sidelines as South Sydney fight to save their season, says Rabbitohs prop and brother Shaq Mitchell.

Jason Demetriou's future seemingly hung in the balance ahead of the Rabbitohs' last game but Mitchell was powerless to help save his coach, after being suspended for raising his forearm to the head of Warriors half Shaun Johnson a week prior.

Souths' gallant losing performance against Cronulla was enough to spare Demetriou the axe in the side's last start.

But the coach may not be out of the woods yet, with tough clashes against Melbourne and Penrith in the next fortnight.

Superstar fullback Mitchell is banned from both of those key games as the 16th-placed Rabbitohs go in to battle for their coach and their season.

'He'll tell you himself, he hates watching,' older brother Shaq said of Mitchell.

'He loves playing the game, he loves jumping up with the boys.

'It's killing him at the moment but it is what it is. He's copped it on the chin and he's getting us ready to ramp up and hopefully when he comes back, we'll be flying.'