The ARLC and NZRL have drawn heavy criticism for their decision to withdraw from the tournament in the UK, despite organisers funding charter flights and return quarantine from the tournament that will be played in a bubble.

Test players have publicly expressed their desire to participate in the tournament, with English and players of Pacific Island nations still set to travel to the Cup should it go ahead.

The withdrawals may see the tournament cancelled altogether, but there has been a push to see Indigenous and Maori All-Stars sides play in place of the top-two Test-playing nations.

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It appears at long odds to occur, but Kerr said players would jump at what would likely be a one-off chance to represent their culture on the world stage.

"When we played the All-Stars in 2019 we were trying to get a team together at the end of that year to maybe play Tonga as a cultural thing," Kerr said.

"We were always joking about it in camp saying how mad would it be if we had an Indigenous All-Stars team in a World Cup and how would we go.

"We all said that's be unreal and, lo and behold, Australia and New Zealand pull out of the World Cup and straight away in our group chat it was 'how good would that be?'

"I'm not too sure where it's at at the moment but every man and his dog wanted to jump on board. Playing the Maori All-Stars every year is unreal, it's one of the best weeks imaginable for me.

"Doing that on the world stage would be one of the proudest things I've ever done."

While the Australian and New Zealand governing bodies have cited concerns around COVID and the need for players to quarantine on their return, Kerr said he'd have no issue going through it.

"I understand people are worried about COVID and things like that but, as soon as it happened, the boys were super keen because they know what it means to our community and our people," he said.

"I grew up wanting to play for Queensland and Australia and then being able to represent the Indigenous All-Stars was a dream come true. This would be like putting on an Indigenous All-Stars and Australian jumper at the same time.

"Fingers crossed, I really hope we're able to do it. If we got the OK you'll see me running on water to get there."