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HARD TIME | 5 Rugby Players Who Spent Time in Prison

2. Steven Pokere


Steven Pokere’s New Zealand jersey is in Woodward’s possession after a swap.

From 1981 to 1985, he played 39 matches for the All Blacks. But in 2005, Pokere was sentenced to 2Ā½ years in jail for conspiracy to defraud investors of $NZ4million, relating to a company that he ran with three others, allĀ Mormons, that targeted fellow church members, many of whom were friends and family of the quartet.

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