Kali Fungavaka had plans to take his two young daughters to live with him in Queensland.

The mother of a Spring Hill prison guard who was killed by an inmate says she's not bitter about her son's death, despite a Coroner's criticism of Corrections.

A jury will be asked to decide today whether a young rugby star was charged at by a 'madman' or if he thumped a man so hard he lost his teeth.