{"id":783874,"date":"2026-07-07T02:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/783874\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T02:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:23:20","slug":"former-nrl-player-jai-arrow-marries-partner-months-after-motor-neurone-disease-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/783874\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NRL player Jai Arrow marries partner months after motor neurone disease diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former South Sydney Rabbitohs and Queensland State of Origin player Jai Arrow has married his partner Berina Colakovic, months after revealing his motor neurone disease (MND) diagnosis.<\/p>\n

Arrow and Ms Colakovic held a small ceremony in Sydney, sharing images on social media.<\/p>\n

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The pair thanked family and friends for helping with the day. (Supplied: Instagram)<\/p>\n

The pair got engaged in Italy in 2024.<\/p>\n

In a social media post, Ms Colakovic thanked family and friends for their help with the day.<\/p>\n

“We did a thing,” she said.<\/p>\n

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“An extra special thank you to our family friends the Beaths for witnessing our special day and watching our little angel.<\/p>\n

“I am in awe of how amazing people are \u2026 thank you to Maddi, Lucy, Jazz, and everyone who gave their time to make this elopement a very extra special one.”<\/p>\n

Arrow announced he was retiring from the NRL in May and revealed he had been diagnosed with MND<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Daughter Ayla played a big part in the production. (Supplied: Instagram)<\/p>\n

According to MND Australia, MND is not a single disease but a large number of related conditions, all of which affect the function of the nerve and brain cells that control movements.<\/p>\n

Examples of early symptoms can include slurred speech, a weak grip, muscle cramps or twitches, weakness in legs, weight loss and laughing or crying in inappropriate situations.<\/p>\n

There is no specific test or cure for the disease.<\/p>\n

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Arrow announced he was retiring from the NRL in May and revealed he had been diagnosed with MND. (Supplied: Instagram)<\/p>\n

In support, the NRL has launched Jai July, featuring Sunday’s upcoming clash between the Rabbitohs and the Newcastle Knights, which the league has labelled the “world’s biggest birthday party” for Arrow’s 31st.<\/p>\n

It will also include initiatives across the month to raise money for MND research and support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former South Sydney Rabbitohs and Queensland State of Origin player Jai Arrow has married his partner Berina Colakovic,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,370522,4494,2581,100758,58109,761,762,158,1654,85,6405,22676],"class_list":["post-783874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-berina-colakovic","tag-jai-arrow","tag-marriage","tag-mnd","tag-motor-neurone-disease","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-rabbitohs","tag-sports","tag-state-of-origin","tag-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783874","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=783874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}