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Bidding for the infamous handbag used by former All Black captain Tana Umaga to hit teammate Chris Masoe appears to have turned into a farce.
The bag was put on Internet auction site TradeMe on Friday by its owner. The woman is also auctioning her mobile phone which was broken in the incident at a Christchurch bar at the weekend.
On Friday evening, the bidding topped $100 million.
Trade Me will not comment on the credibility of the bids, but a
staff member says they are policing the auction and trying to keep
it under control.
Masoe, who has played two tests for New Zealand, tripped over a
man's feet in the Jolly Poacher bar in Christchurch early last
Sunday and then hit the unidentified man in retaliation.
Umaga stepped in to break up the scuffle, picking up a woman's
handbag and hitting Masoe twice over the head.
The hefty 1.83 m, 106 kg Samoan-born forward dissolved into tears,
New Zealand media reported this week.
Adding to the indignity, rugby officials fined him $3,000 after an
inquiry into the incident but let Umaga off because he was trying
to calm things down.
"Is there any guarantee hitting someone with this will make them
cry?" one potential bidder asked on the Web site.
"Does it come with any makeup included? Do you have any matching
belts or shoes?" asked another.
