{"id":365496,"date":"2025-12-22T23:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/365496\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:21:10","slug":"2026-rugby-league-world-cup-what-will-samoas-24-man-squad-look-like-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/365496\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Rugby League World Cup: What will Samoa’s 24-man squad look like? – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The 2026 Rugby League World Cup<\/a> (RLWC) is less than 12 months away and every nation will be looking to dethrone Australia<\/a> to become the new world champions and hold the title of World Cup winners.<\/p>\n

After making the final at the most recent RLWC held in England<\/a>, Samoa<\/a> will look to make their mark once again and boast one of the most impressive squads with a star-filled back-line and forward pack.<\/p>\n

Their squad is set to be made up of several current or former Penrith Panthers<\/a>,\u00a0making up the starting team, headlined by the halves of\u00a0Blaize Talagi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jarome Luai<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0Payne Haas<\/a> pledged his allegiance to Samoa<\/a> for the 2025 Pacific Championships<\/a>, while Tino Fa’asuamaleaui<\/a>\u00a0may follow suit but has yet to decide at the time of publication.<\/p>\n

In what is a different squad from what was named for the 2022 RLWC, only 11 of the 24 members are set to return for the 2026 Rugby League World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Predicted Samoa squad for 2026 RLWC<\/p>\n

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