Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow will join rugby league’s Pacific revolution, telling a throng of Samoan fans he will play for them rather than Australia at next year’s World Cup.

At the centre of an eligibility tug of war for most of this year, Tabuai-Fidow was ruled out of end-of-season Tests when he injured his knee in the final round.

The Queensland State of Origin star made his Test debut for Samoa in the 2022 World Cup, before representing Australia for the past two years.

It’s understood he was likely to play for Samoa this year before injury struck, where he would have joined Payne Haas in switching allegiances from the Kangaroos.

But the 24-year-old confirmed his return to Samoan blue at a fan day on Thursday, drawing cheers from the close to 10,000 people in attendance in Brisbane.

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