Deafness no barrier to Mitchell's rugby dreams
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It is almost silence for Morgan Mitchell when he takes to the rugby field.
He hopes his lip reading skills can get him through a game but the reality is it is tough.
Morgan Mitchell is deaf.
It is a disability which could hold people back, but the 21-year-old Southlander wants to highlight to everyone that being deaf should not put a line through your dreams.
He's doing a good job in that quest.
This week Mitchell was included in the Southland Stags national provincial championship squad for the first time.
Tomorrow the young prop will make his…