'I remember punches raining down on me': Mother of a rising young rugby star attacks a delivery driver during a vicious road rage attack – leaving him with a broken cheek and nose
- Mother of controversial young rugby league star was filmed in road rage attack
- The victim was left almost unconscious with a broken cheek and broken nose
- Delivery driver, Keith Tyler, said people in car behind him started shouting abuse
- Joan Taufua, mother of Payne Haas, was filmed storming toward the victim
- Mr Tyler filmed before his phone was knocked out of his hand and he was bashed
The mother of a controversial young rugby league star has been filmed attacking a delivery driver in a vicious road rage attack, leaving him almost unconscious with a broken cheek and nose.
Keith Tyler was completing a delivery at The Pines shopping centre on the Gold Coast when people in a car behind him start shouting abuse.
He said the trailing van blocked his exit after he turned into a loading dock.
Keith Tyler (pictured) was completing a delivery at The Pines shopping centre on the Gold Coast when people in a car behind him start shouting abuse
Joan Taufua, mother of Brisbane Broncos player Payne Haas, was filmed getting out of the van with two other people before abusing Mr Tyler through his window.
Mr Tyler began filming the verbal abuse and assumed the altercation was over after the group walked back to their van.
However, when the delivery driver got out of his car to film the van's registration plate, the group turned around and physically confronted him.
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In the footage, shared with Channel Nine's A Current Affair, mother-of-ten Ms Taufua is seen storming toward Mr Tyler before his phone is knocked out of his hand.
'I remember the guy holding my head, and his knee kept coming up to my face, and I remember punches raining down on me,' he said.
Witnesses came to Mr Tyler's aid and he was treated for a broken nose, broken teeth and a punctured lip.
Since the attack, Mr Tyler said he's almost physically recovered, he hasn't mentally moved on from the traumatic event.
Joan Taufua (pictured), mother of Brisbane Broncos player Payne Haas, was filmed getting out of the car with two other people before abusing Mr Tyler through his window
The mother-of-ten also pleaded guilty to two assault charges in relation to a junior rugby league match in 2018
'She was certainly the most aggressive, not just female, but person I've ever come across in my life,' he said of Ms Taufua.
According to ACA, Ms Taufua was charged with and pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm while in company.
When approached by reporters, Ms Taufua denied the attack took place and told them to go away.
'Why would you ask questions if you don't know anything about it,' Ms Taufua said.
The mother-of-ten also pleaded guilty to two assault charges in relation to a junior rugby league match in 2018.
Her son Payne Haas (pictured), 19, was also interviewed by police over the same fight, but his lawyer urged the rugby star had broken up the fight
Her son Payne Haas, 19, was also interviewed by police over the same fight, but his lawyer argued the rugby league star had broken up the fight.
However, he was suspended for four matches and fined $20,000 after he refused to cooperate with the NRL Integrity Commission.
In April, he was caught by police driving to training without a license and using his phone as he drove.
The rising star was fined $500 and lost his license for six months after pleading guilty to the two offences.
