Raped a dozen times when he was just 11 at a Catholic boarding school: Tony Daly reveals the devastating pain he hid during his storied rugby career and how his life spiralled out of control after retirement

Tony Daly represented Australia in the Wallabies from the late 1980s’ to 1990s
The footballer lead the team to its first World Cup victory over England in 1991
He was dropped from the team in 1995 – and his life then spiralled out of control
The child sex abuse he suffered bubbled to the surface, after being suppressed
Daly was sexually abused from age 11 over two years at St Joseph’s Boys School
After leaving sport, he started drinking, gambling, and committing petty crime
He has come to terms with his experience and has opened up to share his story

In front of the cameras, Tony Daly was a prized national treasure – leading the Wallabies to successive victories.

He enjoyed an illustrious career playing 41 tests from the late 1980s to the ’90s, scoring the only try in Australia’s 1991 World Cup final victory over England.

But behind closed doors, he was harbouring an insidious…