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Boxer, former rugby league star and general loudmouth Anthony Mundine has talked up a possible return to rugby league, but not this year.
No, the man says that if he returns to the Greatest Game of All it will not be this year, or next year, but the year after.
By that time Mundine, currently 40, will be 42, and be by far the oldest rugby league player to don any kind of jersey in recent memory.
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Still in great shape because of boxing, there is no doubt Mundine is a supreme athlete, and had dazzling footwork when he did play. But the idea of him gracing rugby league’s green pastures again baffles the mind, and makes us question what Mundine had for breakfast that morning.
It was late last week, at the launch of the NSW Knockout Health challenge, that Mundine began the chatter that will no doubt endure until and after he retires from professional boxing, with a fight with old rival Danny Green currently in the works.
“I may do it. Not next year, but the year after,” Mundine said with a cheeky smile on his face.
“I just got to get my speed up… and my feet working [and] dazzling and going again.
“I believe I can score some tries and set-up some tries.”
And when quizzed on which team he would play for if he decided to make a comeback:
“It’s gotta be the Dragons”.
Well, with Dragons fans unhappy with Gareth Widdop, and Benji on the way out, they are in need of new halves…
With all that said, it would be fascinating to see a potential return to something like the Auckland Nines, just for a bit of a giggle.
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