Arrest warrant issued for former Wallaby

Rocky Elsom at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
Photo: Paul Thomas/Sportsbeat Images

Former Wallaby Rocky Elsom has been sentenced to five years in prison by a French court.

Elsom was issued an international arrest warrant on charges of forgery and misuse of company property, as reported by the Midi Olympic newspaper.

Elsom, 41, was chairman of Racing Club Narbonnais in 2015 and 2016 and left the club in a poor financial position, leading to Narbonne’s relegation to Federal 1.

The 75-Test Wallaby is said to have embezzled almost NZ$1.25 million during his time at RCN, for his own benefit and that of player friends.

He disappeared before his trial at the Court of Narbonne.

Elsom recently announced that he is coaching at the Catholic University School in Ireland.