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    Outgoing Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga believes the call by superstar prop Payne Haas to defect to Samoa will make international rugby league more competitive

    Outgoing Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga believes the call by superstar prop Payne Haas to defect to Samoa will make international rugby league more competitive

    - article from www.rugbyleague.co.nz

    Australian media is reporting the 25-year-old Haas will join the likes of Brian To'o, Stephen Crichton and Jarome Luai as superstar players to have chosen Samoa over Australia in recent years.

    A player eligible for a tier-one nation like Australia and a tier-two nation such as Samoa can change allegiance provided they do not represent both teams in the same calendar year.

    The move is a significant boost for Samoa, who underlined their status as a new international powerhouse by making the World Cup final in 2022.

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     15 Aug: Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy's singled out the contribution of winger Xavier Coates after their 22-18 golden point extra time win over Penrith in league's NRL
     15 Aug: Melbourne hooker Harry Grant's taken exception with claims he "played for a penalty" during a 22-18 golden point extra time win over Penrith in a repeat of last year's NRL final
     15 Aug: Melbourne and Penrith have staged a golden point thriller to open round 24 of the NRL league season - Storm hooker Harry Grant's turned Harry Houdini with a dummy in front of the posts to score the try which won the match 22-18
     14 Aug: Penrith league coach Ivan Cleary has called on the NRL to soften the rule around tackling attacking players in the air ahead of tonight's match against Melbourne in Sydney
     14 Aug: The Sydney Morning Herald reports Kiwis and Rabbitohs hooker Brandon Smith was questioned by police at a Queensland airport about an individual known to him who is part of a drugs investigation
     13 Aug: An explanation from Warriors coach Andrew Webster on why his NRL team lists often differ from the players who run out on the park
     12 Aug: The Warriors have recalled Tanah Boyd to halfback for Friday night's home NRL game against the Dragons at Mount Smart Stadium
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