Highs, lows and loneliness behind the adulation

By Megan Levy
Updated February 26 2013 - 4:13pm, first published 3:40pm
Family ties ... Ben Barba's parents Ken and Kim.
Family ties ... Ben Barba's parents Ken and Kim.

It was one of the more touching post-try celebrations in rugby league. When Ben Barba scored the first of two tries against South Sydney, just hours after his partner and childhood sweetheart, Ainslie Currie, gave birth to their second daughter in 2011, he turned to the television cameras and stuck his thumb in his mouth.

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