A team of rugby players aged between 4 and 7 are now without jerseys after cruel thieves stole them from a car parked in Whangarei.
Angry dad Marc Thomson is urging the thieves to return the jerseys so Waitemata Rugby Club's under-7s team, the Baby Buffalos, can finish off the season in their club's colours.
The 15 jerseys - in the West Auckland club's colours of black, green and red - were stolen from Mr Thomson's family wagon which was parked down a long driveway on Spedding Rd in Tikipunga between 9am and 1pm last Tuesday .
The jerseys cost $70 each but have no value to anyone outside the club, Mr Thomson said.
"There's no club in Whangarei with those colours and Waitemata doesn't give out jerseys unless you're an All Black. Especially not under-7s jerseys," he said.