North Queensland second-rower Luciano Leilua will challenge a domestic violence assault case as his lawyer presses for police to file admissible evidence.
The 26-year-old was charged after allegedly assaulting a woman known to him, also 26, and smashing her iPhone 13 at a home on Sydney's southwestern outskirts about 1pm on October 3.
The alleged incident has already led to him being stood down under the NRL's no-fault stand-down policy and forced out of Samoa's side for the Rugby League World Cup.