He has been described as the last genuine number eight to wear the Wallabies jersey and until two months ago Toutai Kefu had nowhere near the profile of many of his more famous former team mates.

But Kefu’s quiet life was brutally interrupted recently when, in the pre-dawn hours of August 16, four teenagers broke into the Kefu family home and subjected him, his wife Rachel and their two eldest children to a terrifying home invasion.

Today on Please Explain, Toutai Kefu joins Georgina Robinson to talk about how they are piecing their lives back together.

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He has been described as the last genuine number eight to wear the Wallabies jersey and until two months ago Toutai Kefu had nowhere near the profile of many of his more famous former team mates.


But Kefu’s quiet life was brutally interrupted recently when, in the pre-dawn hours of August 16, four teenagers broke into the Kefu family home and subjected him, his wife Rachel and their two eldest children to a terrifying home invasion.


Today on Please Explain, Toutai Kefu joins Georgina Robinson to talk about how they are piecing their lives back together.

Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.