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Marcus Bai robbed
BIG, burly footballers don’t cry, but
PNG international Marcus Bai came close to it yesterday.
The former NRL star become emotional yesterday as he made a public
appeal for the return of two premiership rings stolen from his
Gold Coast home along with a laptop computer containing
photographs of his son’s first birthday.
Bai, who won grand finals with the Melbourne Storm and Leeds
Rhinos in England, and also represented Papua New Guinea, was away
from his Burleigh Water home for only a few hours on Tuesday
afternoon when the robbers struck.
They stole in 1999 Melbourne and 2004 Leeds premiership rings as
well as the laptop and some of his wife Heidi’s jewellery.
Bai, who retired from rugby league last year, said that the ring
and photographs held enormous sentimental value for him and his
family.
He said it had been a “dream come true’ for a young PNG villager
to play in the NRL and British Super League, but now his most
cherished mementos from his playing days had been snatched away.
“I’m the first PNG to win those two rings and they’re worth so
much to me,” he said.
Bai said he had hoped to pass the rings on to his sons
three-year-old Aston and baby Cooper.
 
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