Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (born 5 September 2001), also known by the nickname of "Hammer", is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Dolphins in the NRL.

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
Personal information
Full nameHamiso Tabuai-Fidow
Born (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback, Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020–22 North Qld Cowboys 50 21 0 0 84
2023– Dolphins 6 8 0 0 32
Total 56 29 0 0 116
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021 Queensland 1 1 0 0 4
2022 Indigenous All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
2022– Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 1 April 2023

He previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. He has played at representative level for Queensland in the State of Origin series.

Background

Born and raised in Cairns, Queensland to an Indigenous Australian Torres Strait Islander mother and a Samoan father,[2][3] Tabuai-Fidow played his junior rugby league for the Cairns Kangaroos. He also played junior Australian rules football at a high level in his teenage years and was placed in the Gold Coast Suns' development academy[4] before giving the sport away to accept a scholarship to play rugby union for Brisbane Grammar School.[5] While living in Brisbane, he was a member of the Queensland Reds development squad before being signed by the North Queensland Cowboys in 2017.[6] He completed his schooling in Townsville where he attended Kirwan State High School.

Playing career

Early career

In 2018, Tabuai-Fidow played for the Northern Pride's Mal Meninga Cup team, scoring five tries in seven games.[7] In 2019, he moved to Townsville, joining the North Queensland under-20 squad, and played for the Townsville Blackhawks Mal Meninga Cup team, where he scored 13 tries in six games. Following the Mal Meninga Cup competition, he started at fullback for the Queensland under-18 team in their win over New South Wales.[8][9]

He then moved up to the Blackhawks' Hastings Deering Colts side, where he scored eight tries in five games. In June 2019, he re-signed with the North Queensland side until the end of the 2022 season.[10] On 29 September 2019, he started at centre for the Australian Schoolboys, scoring two tries in their win over the Junior Kiwis.[11]

2020

In 2020, Tabuai-Fidow joined the North Queensland Cowboys NRL squad and was a member of their 2020 NRL Nines winning side, finishing the tournament as the equal leading try scorer.[12]

In Round 5 of the 2020 NRL season, Tabuai-Fidow made his NRL debut against the New Zealand Warriors, setting up two tries in a 26–37 loss.[13][14] In Round 7, he scored his first NRL try in a 32–20 win over the Newcastle Knights.[15] In his rookie season, Tabuai-Fidow played 14 games and scored six tries. On 3 October, he was named the North Queensland club's Rookie of the Year.[16]

Tabuai-Fidow playing for the North Queensland Cowboys in 2021

2021

Tabuai-Fidow was selected by Queensland for game 3 of the 2021 State of Origin series which Queensland won 20-18.[17]

On 21 July, it was announced that Tabuai-Fidow would be out for six weeks after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.[18]

2022

In round 13 of the 2022 NRL season, he scored two tries for North Queensland in a 32-6 victory over the Gold Coast.[19]

Tabuai-Fidow played 23 games for North Queensland throughout the year and scored seven tries. He played in both of the clubs finals games including their shock preliminary final loss against Parramatta at the Queensland Country Bank Stadium. On 5 October, he signed a two-year deal to join the newly admitted Dolphins side starting in 2023.[20]

In October Tabuai-Fidow was named in the Samoa squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[21]

2023

In round 1 of the 2023 NRL season, Tabuai-Fidow scored the first try in the Dolphins' NRL history.[22] The following week, he scored two tries as the Dolphins defeated Canberra 20-14.[23]

In the Dolphins' Round 6 victory over his old club, the North Queensland Cowboys, Tabuai-Fidow became the first player in first-grade Australian Rugby League history to score at least one try in the first six games of their team's inaugural season, surpassing the 5 game record established by Newcastle Rebels winger William "Bill" Bailey in the 1908 NSWRFL season.

Achievements and accolades

Individual

Team
  • AFL Cairns: Cairns Hawks U/16 Grand Final
  • 2020 NRL Nines: North Queensland Cowboys – Winners

Statistics

NRL
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 season[24]
Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts
2020 North Queensland 1460—024
2021 North Queensland 1380—032
2022 North Queensland 2370—028
2023 Dolphins 680—032
Career totals 55 27 0 — 0 112

References
  1. RLP
  2. "NRL 2020: Perth NRL Nines, young kids to watch, Cory Paix, Harley Smith-Shields, Jayden Sullivan". 14 February 2020.
  3. Brad Walter (10 December 2020). "Hammer aims to nail centre spot for Cowboys, Indigenous All Stars". nrl.com.au.
  4. "NQ Cowboys flyer could have made AFL". 21 February 2020.
  5. "Subscribe to the Cairns Post". www.cairnspost.com.au.
  6. "Couriermail.com.au | Subscribe to The Courier Mail for exclusive stories". www.couriermail.com.au.
  7. "Subscribe to the Cairns Post". www.cairnspost.com.au.
  8. "Queensland Under 18 team named". Queensland Rugby League. 26 May 2019.
  9. "Couriermail.com.au | Subscribe to The Courier Mail for exclusive stories". www.couriermail.com.au.
  10. "Hamiso wins new Cowboys deal and thanks Bowen". Queensland Rugby League. 1 June 2019.
  11. "Dailytelegraph.com.au | Subscribe to The Daily Telegraph for exclusive stories". www.dailytelegraph.com.au.
  12. "Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow's Perth Nines tries" – via www.cowboys.com.au.
  13. "NRL team list: Round 5 v Warriors". North Queensland Cowboys. 9 June 2020.
  14. "Holmes hurt as Warriors overrun Cowboys". NRL. 12 June 2020.
  15. "Cowboys click into gear to to[sic] take down Knights". NRL. 27 June 2020.
  16. "2020 Presentation Night: Live Updates". NQ Cowboys. 2 October 2020.
  17. "Green's rookie call pays off big time... but questions remain over Origin future". www.foxsports.com.au.
  18. "Cowboys star out for six weeks after surgery, Reason Roosters star was dropped". www.foxsports.com.au.
  19. "Hammer blows: Tabuai-Fidow strikes twice as Cowboys take down Titans". www.nrl.com.
  20. "North Queensland young gun Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow leaves Cowboys for Dolphins". wwos.nine.com.au.
  21. Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021
  22. "Hammer etched into Dolphins history". www.dolphinsnrl.com.au.
  23. "NRL Saturday AS IT HAPPENED: Craig Bellamy goes 'nuclear' as Dogs shock Storm; Dolphins fairytale rolls on in dramatic victory over Raiders". wwos.nine.com.au.
  24. "Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
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