Cooper Bai (born 5 November 2006) is a international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.
Background Bai was born on the Gold Coast, Queensland and is of Papua New Guinean descent. Bai's father, Marcus, is a former Papua New Guinean international who won premierships with Melbourne Storm in 1999 and Leeds Rhinos in 2004.
He played his junior rugby league for the Burleigh Bears and attended Marymount College before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans.
Playing career Early career In 2023, while playing for Burleigh in the Mal Meninga Cup, he represented Queensland City Under-17. In 2024, Bai was 18th man for Queensland Under-19 in their loss to New South Wales.
2025 Bai joined the Titans' NRL squad on a development contract for the 2025 season. On 19 June, he started at and scored a try in Queensland Under-19's win over New South Wales. Later that month, he made his Queensland Cup debut for the Tweed Seagulls.
In Round 27 of the 2025 NRL season, he was named to make his NRL debut against the Wests Tigers.
In October 2025 he was named in the squad for the Pacific Bowl.
On 12 October 2025 he made his debut for the PNG Prime Minister's XIII in the 28-10 defeat to Australia’s Prime Minister's XIII in Port Moresby
2026 Bai played 21 games for the Gold Coast in the 2026 NRL season as the club finished 16th on the table.
References
External links Gold Coast Titans profile