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Payne Haas
Payne Haas (born 2 December 1999) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, with whom he won the 2025 NRL Grand Final. He has played for both Australia and Samoa at international level.
He has played for New South Wales in the State of Origin series and the Prime Minister's XIII. He will join the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL in 2027.
Haas is of Samoan, Swiss and Filipino descent. Haas became a Muslim in 2019 at the age of 19.
He is eligible to play international rugby league for the Australia, Samoa and Philippines national rugby league teams. Haas has represented the Philippines at under 16s level.
Haas originally played rugby union before switching to rugby league. He played junior rugby league for the Woodberry Warriors before moving to the Gold Coast, Queensland at age 13. He attended rugby league school Keebra Park State High School.
Haas is the nephew of former Newcastle Knights and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks player Mark Taufua.
Haas's younger brother Klese Haas, plays for the Gold Coast Titans.
His mother, Uiatu "Joan" Taufua, was convicted and sentenced to nine months prison for assaulting two security guards at The Star casino in July 2022. In December that year, she was involved in a car crash that led to three deaths, after allegedly fleeing police earlier. She was subsequently charged with three counts of manslaughter and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, evading police and driving without a driver's licence. She remains in custody.
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Payne Haas
Payne Haas (born 2 December 1999) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, with whom he won the 2025 NRL Grand Final. He has played for both Australia and Samoa at international level.
He has played for New South Wales in the State of Origin series and the Prime Minister's XIII. He will join the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL in 2027.
Haas is of Samoan, Swiss and Filipino descent. Haas became a Muslim in 2019 at the age of 19.
He is eligible to play international rugby league for the Australia, Samoa and Philippines national rugby league teams. Haas has represented the Philippines at under 16s level.
Haas originally played rugby union before switching to rugby league. He played junior rugby league for the Woodberry Warriors before moving to the Gold Coast, Queensland at age 13. He attended rugby league school Keebra Park State High School.
Haas is the nephew of former Newcastle Knights and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks player Mark Taufua.
Haas's younger brother Klese Haas, plays for the Gold Coast Titans.
His mother, Uiatu "Joan" Taufua, was convicted and sentenced to nine months prison for assaulting two security guards at The Star casino in July 2022. In December that year, she was involved in a car crash that led to three deaths, after allegedly fleeing police earlier. She was subsequently charged with three counts of manslaughter and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, evading police and driving without a driver's licence. She remains in custody.