Anthony Mundine has made his most audacious claim yet, saying he can become the oldest rugby league player in premiership history. The boxer and former St George Illawarra and NSW State of Origin star, who turns 42 at the end of the month, reckons he can set the record for being league's most senior player, surpassing Billy "Bluey" Wilson, who retired in 1967 at the age of 40.

"I feel that good and that youthful," Mundine said. "If I can get anywhere up to the speed of what I used to be as a youngster, that could definitely be an option. I want to do things that have never been done. I want to make it possible."

Anthony Mundine is ready to return to rugby league after his third bout with long-time rival Danny Green. Credit:Louise Kennerley

Mundine said, despite being out of the game for 17 years – having left the Dragons and quit rugby in 2000 to pursue a boxing career – it is all about having "the speed, instinct and the football experience".

"I believe I am capable of it," he said. "Obviously I would like to go back to the Dragons but I don't know what their plans are. I will have to try to talk to them. But I am not really thinking of that right now. I just want to train my body and train my mind. I am doing the things I used to do, but I am just doing them better because I am wiser."