By Kelsey Wilkie For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 17:09 BST, 3 June 2019 | Updated: 21:06 BST, 3 June 2019
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A former NRL star has revealed how he broke both hands fighting off home invaders armed with a knife and a crowbar who tried to rob his house in broad daylight.
Michael Witt was confronted by a man and woman holding pillowcases filled with his family's belongings when he returned to his home in Broadbeach Waters, on the Gold Coast, last Monday afternoon.
'I knew what was going on, it was the fight or flight thing, I ran and grabbed the bloke,' the former athlete turned real estate agent told the Gold Coast Bulletin.
His daughters, aged six and nine, had been with him at the time and quickly bolted for the family car, locking themselves inside.
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Michael Witt (pictured with wife Angie) had returned to his Broadbeach Waters home, in the Gold Coast, last Monday afternoon when he was confronted by a man and woman holding pillowcases filled with his family's property
Three people forced their way into the Broadbeach Waters home (pictured) with a crowbar on Monday last week
Witt, who played for the
