Rugby World Cup winner and Tonga coach Toutai Kefu was stabbed in the abdomen and several of his family members injured in a home invasion at his house in Brisbane in the early hours of Monday morning, Australian media reported.
The 47-year-old, who played 60 tests for the Wallabies around the turn of the century, was taken to hospital with three other members of his household after the incident in the south of the city, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.
"His initial condition was described as critical, but expected to survive," Detective Superintendent Fleming told Australian media. "I can only imagine this will have a lasting effect on this family due to the trauma of what's happened," Fleming said.Police said they had taken two 15-year-old boys into custody.
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