Steven Pokere
| Full name | Steven Tahurata Pokere | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 August 1958 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hawera, New Zealand | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||
| School | Southland Boys' High School | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||
| New Zealand No. | 825 | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1977–78, 80–83 1984–85 1986 |
Southland Auckland Wellington |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1981 1981–85 |
New Zealand Māori New Zealand |
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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.
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.
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