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Joel Gould

Forever Phin: cultural connect with coach binds Hammer

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow celebrates tries with an iconic reference to his Torres Strait Islands totem. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Culture and connection is paramount to Dolphins fullback Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and it is the rapport he shares with coach Kristian Woolf that is set to keep him at the club long term.

When the Dolphins superstar, revered as "Hammer", celebrates a try with his trademark "Phins up" gesture it is essentially a tribute to the shark, one of the Torres Strait Island totems from his ancestral roots that he has tattooed on his forearm.

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