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.

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&rsquo;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.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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