LIVE: Booed Hodges embraces villain role vs Gal

Justin Hodges was booed by spectators arsenic helium weighed successful up of his rematch with Origin rival Paul Gallen astatine Sydney's International Convention Centre.

Speaking afterwards, Hodges laughed disconnected the heckling.

"Yeah, that's awesome," helium said.

"I expect that erstwhile I travel down present [and] I enjoyed it erstwhile I played footy. The much boos, the amended for me. It gives maine that vigor that I request truthful it's good.

While the decorativeness itself was laughable, the full bout was dogged by controversy.

Hodges whacked Gallen illegally aft the referee had pulled them isolated momentarily, and past the New South Welshmen deed Hodges erstwhile the second was bent backwards implicit the enactment successful a susceptible position.

Hodges aboriginal threatened to situation the effect of the combat fixed the quality of the punch that fundamentally ended it.