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Wales international's car stolen in middle of night as police and players appeal

Wales international Rhys Priestland has made a public appeal for help after his car was stolen.

The fly-half took to social media to ask followers to keep an eye out for the vehicle, a Jaguar F-Pace, which was stolen from Penarth on Thursday morning (May 18). As well as posting an image of the car in question, Priestland also shared a still of CCTV footage of two individuals taken from a Ring doorbell camera earlier that morning.

Police are now investigating the theft, with several of Priestland's Wales teammates sharing his appeal in a bid to reunite him with his stolen Jaguar.

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Posting on Twitter and Instagram on Thursday, the 36-year-old wrote: "If anyone sees or has any information on this car could you please let me know. It was stolen from Penarth last night. WX18 ZYL. Thank you."

Leigh Halfpenny, James Botham, Nigel Owens and Jonathan 'Jiffy' Davies are among those to have shared the appeal.

The stolen Jaguar F-Pace (Twitter: @Rhys_Priestland)

A police spokesperson said: "South Wales Police is investigating the theft of a grey Jaguar F-Pace car from Penarth which was reported at around 9am yesterday morning (Thursday, May 18). We recognise that being a victim of car crime is upsetting, costly and an inconvenience."

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact South Wales Police quoting 230016071. You can do this online or via live chat, while you can also call 101 or email swp101@south-wales.police.uk.

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