Footy star’s mother turns up to court in a NSW scarf

The mother of Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas arrived in court wearing a Blues scarf as she prepared to plead with a judge to escape a prison sentence.

Uiatu ‘Joan’ Taufua hopes to be able to watch her son’s State of Origin debut in Brisbane on June 5 after he became the most inexperienced player to be selected to represent his state in almost 25 years. 

The 42-year-old mother-of-10 pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm after she attacked delivery driver Keith Tyler in a car park at The Pines shopping centre on the Gold Coast in a road rage incident last year.

Mother-of-10 Joan Taufua (pictured), 42, will be sentenced at Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday after attacking delivery driver Keith Tyler (right)

Uiatu ‘Joan’ Taufua hopes to be able to watch her son’s State of Origin debut after he became the most inexperienced player to be selected to represent his state almost 25 years

Taufua told reporters outside Southport Magistrates Court she would be supporting her son’s team come Origin, The Courier Mail reported.

‘Go the Blues,’ she said.  

‘This has nothing to do with my son.’

But Haas has previously faced punishment from the NRL Integrity Commission after he failed to assist in investigations into a separate incident involving his mum.

The 19-year-old was suspended for four matches and fined $20,000 after he refused to cooperate during investigations into a brawl at a women’s rugby league match. 

Taufua told reporters outside Southport Magistrates Court she would be supporting her son’s team come Origin

Mother-of-ten Taufua (pictured) is seen storming toward Mr Tyler before his phone is knocked out of his hand in shocking footage

Taufua is on a three-year probation for ­assaulting a mother and her teenage daughter. She is pictured on the right with her children, including Haas (far left)

Taufua was given a three-year probation order for ­assaulting a mother and her teenage daughter at the women’s rugby league match in Brisbane in August last year. 

In the latest assault, Taufua attacked Mr Tyler, a delivery driver, when he attempted to record her car’s registration number after an altercation.

Mr Tyler said at the time ‘she was certainly the most aggressive, not just female, but person I’ve ever come across in my life’.

He was treated for a broken nose, broken teeth and a punctured lip at the time, and says he is still mentally scarred.  

The mother of star NRL player Payne Haas (pictured) will face court this week after attacking a delivery driver. She faces jail time over the assault and could be behind bars while Haas makes his likely NSW Origin debut