Payne Haas reported to be ready to switch to Samoa ahead of Rugby League World Cup

Outgoing Australia coach Mal Meninga says Payne Haas’s call to defect to Samoa will make international rugby league more competitive.

Reports on Thursday linked the NRL’s best prop with a change in eligibility, with 25-year-old Haas set to begin preferencing his Samoan roots over the Kangaroos in…