World Cup winning Wallabies prop believes childhood sex abuse led to his downfall

World Cup winning Wallabies prop Tony Daly believes childhood sex abuse led him to petty theft and driving offences as well as battling alcohol and drugs.

A Sydney magistrate took this into account as Daly avoided jail and was instead sentenced to a total 500 hours community service and banned from driving for seven years for three counts of petty theft in 2015, driving while disqualified and injuring a cyclist in 2014, driving while disqualified in 2015 and not filing his statement of affairs after he was declared bankrupt last year.

In a report in the Daily Telegraph, 51‑year‑old Daly, who was part of Australia's 1991 World Cup winning team and played 41 times for his country, revealed he had been abused as an 11‑year‑old by a Catholic brother while attending St Joseph's College.