League: Civoniceva may finish with Fiji

Petero Civoniceva. Photo / Getty Images

Record-breaking Australian test forward Petero Civoniceva may call quits on his Kangaroos career - and enjoy a representative farewell with his native Fiji.

The 34-year-old Civoniceva - whose 44 Test caps for Australia is a record for a forward - has expressed a desire to turn out for Fiji in the 2013 World Cup. "I'm looking at maybe making this my last year of representative football in Australia

"I've been in contact with [Fiji Rugby League general manager] Steve McLellan and the boys within the association and have been working closely with them.

"I've always said it [playing for Fiji] is something I'd love to do."

Civoniceva was born in Suva, but left when he was just one-year-old and grew up in Redcliffe on Brisbane's north side.

He also has 27 State of Origin appearances for Queensland, but the big prop is starting to consider life after football and may well look at going back to help the game continue to grow in his homeland and around the Pacific.

The Penrith skipper spoke out recently about the lack of work being done to foster development in the Pacific and said they needed to act quickly to build for the future.

"I would love to be a part of it because there's so much potential and it seems there's nothing being done about it [by the NRL]."

- AAP