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Shaun Johnson and Kayla Cullen’s emotional farewell as Shaun moves overseas for league

The loved-up pair can’t keep their hands off each other during their farewell.
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Parting was such sweet sorrow for Shaun Johnson and his fiancée Kayla Cullen as the league star recently jetted out of New Zealand to start his new gig with the Cronulla Sharks in Sydney.

The athletic pair spent several minutes locked in a tender embrace in Auckland Airport’s departure lounge, with the former Warriors hero later posting on Instagram, “Hardest part is leaving you!” It was an emotional farewell, although Shaun, 28, and Kayla, 26, both turned on the smiles when a fan asked for a photo.

The foxy Silver Ferns favourite flaunted her huge diamond engagement ring, but following her fiancé’s shock move to Australia to start his rumoured $1 million contract with the Sharks, it looks like Kayla will be doing lots of the wedding planning on her own while she remains in Auckland. The pair announced their engagement in May 2018.

“Shaun has said goodbye to Kayla many times before when he’s gone on tour, but this is different,” reports an insider.

“He’s going on his own. His whole reputation and future is at stake. No wonder he didn’t relish saying goodbye to Kayla. It was obvious both of them found it tough.”

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