He has just won a premiership as the game’s oldest player but Lote Tuqiri says he still hasn’t decided if now is the perfect time to hang up his boots.

After turning 35 last month, Tuqiri said celebrating Souths premiership triumph was like reliving his youth, 14 years after he celebrated his first NRL title with the Broncos in 2000.

Only this time, he said, it was even better.

As a player Tuqiri has achieved just about everything there is to do in both rugby league and rugby union. But he said nothing he has ever done quite compares to the feeling of winning a grand final for Souths.

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media_camera Lote Tuqiri celebrates with Rabbitohs fans after the grand final triumph.

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“I don’t think I have ever felt anything like this,” he said.

“I haven’t seen these scenes. Brisbane was sort of used to premierships back then and they still had great support but not like this.”

Asked if he had made a decision on his playing future, Tuqiri said: “I don’t know. I’d love to (play on). My body is feeling good so we will see.”

And he said coach Michael Maguire has told him he wants Tuqiri to play on.

“He does so we will just see how it goes. I am still pinching myself.

“There has been a lot of ups and downs this year for me and to be here and be part of this is just unbelievable.”