Overview
- The Dolphins confirmed Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow will miss the Pacific Championships after scans showed a grade three medial collateral ligament tear.
- Club doctors expect an eight-week layoff, with the fullback to rejoin training in November following rehabilitation.
- He left the field in the second half of the Dolphins’ 62–24 final-round win over Canberra after scoring a hat-trick while playing at centre.
- AAP reporting indicated he had been leaning toward representing Samoa, but his unavailability rules him out of their Pacific Cup campaign starting October 19 in Auckland.
- Tabuai-Fidow’s Torres Strait Islander and Samoan heritage and previous Tests for both Samoa and Australia underscore the significance of his absence.