Marcus Bai

Marcus Bai

Personal information
Born	(1972-10-11) 11 October 1972 (age 44) Ulamona, Papua New Guinea
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	14 st 5 lb (91 kg)
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997 Hull F.C. 8 1997 Gold Coast Chargers 18 5 0 0 20 1998–03 Melbourne Storm 144 70 1 0 282 2004–05 Leeds Rhinos 59 42 0 0 168 2006 Bradford Bulls 25 10 0 0 40 Total 254 127 1 0 510 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1995–06 Papua New Guinea 12 2 0 0 8
As of 6 October 2014 Source: Rugby League Project

Marcus "George" Bai (born 11 October 1972, in Ulamona, Papua New Guinea) is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, and 2000s. An international representative winger, he represented his country on numerous occasions including at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. Bai played club football for English clubs Hull F.C., Leeds and Bradford, as well as Australian clubs the Gold Coast Chargers and Melbourne Storm. He became the first player to have won the World Club Challenge with three different clubs. In 2005 he was minutes away from being the first person to win all of the major domestic competitions in both Australia and England (NRL Premiership, Super League, World Club Challenge, League Leaders Shield and Challenge Cup) however Hull struck with minutes to go in the Challenge Cup final to deny Leeds the cup and him a place in the history books.

Bai began his career playing for the Port Moresby Vipers.

He began his professional career playing for Hull F.C. in England where he made eight appearances for them in 1997.

Then Bai moved to the Gold Coast Chargers in Australia. He played the final 18 games of the 1997 ARL season, scoring 5 tries. That year he was selected in the 'Rest of the World' side to play a match against an Australian Rugby League test side. Although his spell for the Gold Coast was a brief one, it allowed Bai to gain the League's attention.