Ex-Leinster player Elsom sentenced to two years in jail

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Ex-Leinster player Elsom sentenced to two years in jail

Former Australia and Leinster player Rocky Elsom has been sentenced to two years in jail after a French court found him guilty of misusing corporate assets while president of French club Narbonne.

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Former Leinster star Rocky Elsom handed two-year jail sentence in France

Australia international was not in court and his whereabouts remain unknown

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Former Leinster back-row and Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom handed two-year jail sentence in France

Former Narbonne president has faced financial charges.

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Ex-Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom jailed for two years

Former Australia rugby captain Rocky Elsom, whose whereabouts is unknown, was jailed for two years by a French court for misusing assets as a club president.

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Former Leinster star Rocky Elsom sentenced to two years and fined €280,000 but escapes visit to jail

Rocky Elsom, the former Australia international and Heineken Cup winner with Leinster in 2009, has escaped a stint in jail despite being sentenced to two years in prison for misuse of corporate funds dating to his time as president of French club Narbonne.

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The former Australian international was prosecuted for abuse of social property and forgery during the last months of his presidency of the Narbonne rugby club in 2016. Having objected to the judgement and under a warrant of arrest, Rocky Elsom had again appeared in Narbonne on 14 February 2025. His lawyer immediately appealed.