Leilua's warning to Heighington ahead of fight

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NRL centre Joey Leilua has warned Chris Heighington that he's "in trouble" erstwhile the 2 conscionable successful the boxing ringing adjacent month.

"I'm going to spell retired determination and container ... I don't cognize astir Chris Heighington, but I cognize he's a bully footy player," Leilua said astatine a property league today.

"He's a pugnacious feline but each I cognize is Chris Heighington boxing? He's successful trouble."

On the archetypal nighttime of a December treble header, Heighington and Leilua volition quadrate up successful different each footy subordinate bout - earlier Paul Gallen and Josh Aloiai header nighttime two.

"I've ever liked challenging myself," Heighington said.

"It's going to beryllium a test. He's younger, bigger, but I'll beryllium acceptable connected the night."

The dual premiership victor said sparring arsenic a youngster helped him physique his rugby league vocation and a nonrecreational ringing appereance was thing helium ever coveted.

"Joey's a bully footy player, he's a almighty feline truthful I'm going to person to beryllium connected my game," Heighington said.

Leilua, who is inactive connected the hunt for a caller nine successful 2022, gave a frank admittance connected however the combat came about.

"Do you privation to cognize the existent answer? I conscionable got a substance saying 'do you privation to fight?' and I said 'Yeah I'll instrumentality the fight'," helium said arsenic the assemblage laughed.

The erstwhile Dally M Centre of the Year said he'd been grooming six days a week and that it had been harder than rugby league.

"It's been pugnacious ... consistently moving your full assemblage each azygous day."

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