Injured star Latrell Mitchell has faced the Rabbitohs board and asked the media to give him space. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Latrell Mitchell has asked reporters for privacy at his house after fronting the South Sydney board to explain his white-powder controversy.

The superstar fullback said he had a “good yarn” with Rabbitohs powerbrokers after being summoned to Heffron Park on Tuesday morning to explain the photo that landed him a breach notice from the NRL.

Mitchell has since accepted a one-match ban and fine over the picture, which circulated on social media and depicted the 27-year-old leaning over a white powder placed on a table.

He is also likely to receive a separate sanction from Souths.

A media scrum was waiting for Mitchell as he left Rabbitohs headquarters but the fullback was tight-lipped on the incident that took place during a community visit to Dubbo earlier this month.

“To be honest I don’t really know. We will just leave it there, aye,” he told reporters when asked for an explanation.

“No comment. I think we’ll leave it with the board and go from there.

“I just had a good yarn to them and we’ll leave it with them and get home to my family now.”

Photographed at his Sydney home during a leave of absence from the Rabbitohs, Mitchell asked for privacy from media.

“Leave me alone at my house please, that’d be nice,” Mitchell said.

Tuesday’s board meeting is the latest chapter in a calamitous year for both Mitchell and the 15th-placed Bunnies, who are on track for their first bottom-four finish since 2008.

Mitchell raised eyebrows with a profane radio interview in March and missed three games for raising his elbow into Shaun Johnson’s face while coach Jason Demetriou’s job was on the line the next month.

He surged back to form to star for NSW in the second State of Origin match, only to suffer a foot injury in the round-18 win over Parramatta that interim coach Ben Hornby has said will end his season.

It remains to be seen whether Mitchell will be permitted to serve his one-match ban while sidelined this year, as is the preference of the Rugby League Players Association, or if it will hold for next season.