During the club's recent bye week, Tabuai-Fidow and Woolf visited Thursday Island communities, including a language and cultural centre. On his mother Karina's side, Tabuai-Fidow can trace his ancestry back to the island of Saibai in the Torres Strait, just five kilometres south of the Papua New Guinea mainland. Woolf was born in Mount Isa, went to school in Cairns and grew up with an appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Woolfy is from Cairns and he knows some boys that are Torres Strait Islanders." The Dolphins signed Tabuai-Fidow as their inaugural fullback when he was unable to tie down a regular start with North Queensland.