{"id":459381,"date":"2025-07-21T06:24:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T06:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=459381"},"modified":"2025-07-21T22:16:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:16:54","slug":"hammer-blow-facing-kangaroos-before-ashes-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=459381","title":{"rendered":"Hammer blow facing Kangaroos before Ashes series"},"content":{"rendered":"

K\ufeffevin Walters hasn't officially started as Kangaroos coach yet<\/a> but could already have his hands full with Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow reportedly considering his international future, according to The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tabuai-Fidow previously played for Samoa in 2022 but has since represented the Kangaroos, however he could revert back to the men in blue for the Pacific Championships.<\/p>\n

The Kangaroos will head to England for an Ashes series at the end of the season, with Walters set to be named as coach.<\/p>\n

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Tabuai-Fidow's form for the Dolphins and Queensland would make him a certain starter for Australia.<\/p>\n

\"Hamiso<\/p>\n

However, he joins the likes of \ufeffTino Fa'asuamaleaui and Payne Haas who are also considering who they'll represent.<\/p>\n

Walters is yet to be officially announced as the Kangaroos' new coach but he is expected to sign a three-match deal.<\/p>\n

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If Tabuai-Fidow chooses to represent Samoa, \ufeffDylan Edwards would be the likely fullback with Reece Walsh also in contention.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins fullback played centre in the Pacific Championships final last year, with Xavier Coates and Zac Lomax on the wings. Tom Trbojevic was the other centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

K\ufeffevin Walters hasn't officially started as Kangaroos coach yet but could already have his hands full with Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow reportedly considering his international future, according […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":459383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=459381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459384,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459381\/revisions\/459384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/459383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=459381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=459381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=459381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}