Several Australian rugby league stars are facing swift backlash for not singing the national anthem.

Just before the Kangaroos faced off with Samoa in the Pacific Championships on Saturday (October 14), the anthems of both sides rang out at the stadium.

Fox Sports captured Payne Haas, Kotoni Staggs, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and Selwyn Cobbo not belting the song.

As a result, former rugby player Peter Peters called for the athletes to be kicked off the team if they didn’t want to ‘represent’ their country with pride.