Steven Pokere

Rugby player

Steven Pokere

Birth name

Steven Tahurata Pokere

Date of birth

(1958-08-11) 11 August 1958 (age 65)

Place of birth

Hawera, New Zealand

Height

1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

73 kg (161 lb)

School

Southland Boys' High School

Rugby union career

Provincial / State sides
Position(s)	Centre
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1977–78, 80–83 1984–85 1986	Southland Auckland Wellington		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1981 1981–85	New Zealand Māori New Zealand	18	(8)

Steven Tahurata Pokere (born 11 August 1958) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Pokere represented Southland, Auckland and Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1981 to 1985. He played 39 matches for the All Blacks including 18 internationals.^[1]

In 2005, Pokere was sentenced to 2½ years in jail for conspiracy to defraud investors of $NZ4million, relating to a company that he ran with three others, all Mormons, that targeted fellow church members, many of whom were friends and family of the quartet.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Luxford, Bob. "Steven Pokere". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
^ Watson, Mike (21 October 2005). "Former All Black jailed for $4m fraud". Dominion Post. p. 3.
^ Alley, Oskar (30 July 2004). "Ex-All Black on fraud charge". Dominion Post. p. 1.