ru_nationalteam ru_province birth_place weight ru_nationalyears ru_nationalcaps height article_title school name birth_date ru_nationalpoints ru_provinceyears ru_position birth_name allblackno allblackid
new zealand māori new zealand southland auckland wellington hawera , new zealand 73 kg lb on 1981 1981 -- 85 18 1.70 m ftin 0 on steven pokere
 southland boys ' high school steven pokere 11 august 1958 -lrb- 8 -rrb- 1977 85 1986 -- 78 , 80 -- 83 1984 -- centre steven tahurata pokere 825 704
steven pokere

steven tahurata pokere -lrb- born 11 august 1958 -rrb- 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 .
in 2005 , pokere was sentenced to 2 1/2 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 .
