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NSW star Haas focused on Origin despite father’s arrest and risk of facing death penalty

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Even when his father was arrested on drug-trafficking charges and threatened with the death penalty, it never crossed Payne Haas’s mind to miss State of Origin.

Brisbane’s superstar prop was on the team bus to the Magic-Round clash against Manly two weekends ago when he heard that his father, Gregor, had been apprehended in the Philippines.

For Haas, it was nothing out of the ordinary to press on through adversity, later compounded by a mid-game ankle injury in the 13-12 win.

At only 24, Haas has already needed to process his mother’s incarceration over her involvement in a fatal car crash, and last year he saw his younger brother Zeda facing drug charges that were later withdrawn.

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