Sign up now!!! <\/a><\/p>\nMelbourne were also the major player in the Bai tug of war and he reportedly came desperately close to making a move to play under Craig Bellamy.<\/p>\n
\u201cCooper is a player who has worked incredibly hard to earn his NRL opportunity for his hometown,\u201d Hannay said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat excites us most is he\u2019s yet another player from our pathways that has committed to the future of this club, having been a Titan his entire life.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe continues to impress with his work ethic, physicality and commitment and brings great energy to our group through his application to training and hunger to better himself every day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sky is the limit for Cooper, and we\u2019re excited to see him continue to grow as a player after his debut season.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Bai, who has already made his Test debut for PNG, was excited to add to his NRL appearances after making his debut in Round 27 last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Gold Coast has always been my home and I\u2019m proud that will continue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaking my NRL debut last year for my hometown was a dream come true and the Titans have given me a great opportunity to continue my professional rugby league journey with the close support of my family and friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love being part of this club and community, and I can\u2019t wait to keep working hard and doing my part for the team and the Coast.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yet another Titans star has committed his future to the club, with Cooper Bai ending the speculation surrounding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-460332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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