Murray Taulagi’s decision to defect and play for Samoa after already playing for the Kangaroos rocked Australian coach Mal Meninga.
Meninga was highly critical of players swapping between representative teams and called for changes to the eligibility process.
“It did create a bit of head noise, especially when Mal came out and said what he said.” said Taulagi on Triple M
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“But you know, I don’t have any bad words with Mal, and it’s all love there and sort of just grateful that I was able to play under him.”
Taulagi played two tests for Australia in 2022 before choosing to change his allegiance to Samoa.