| Date of birth | 13 April 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Paraparaumu, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kāpiti College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jake Paringatai (born 13 April 1980) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a loose forward. Beloved husband to Aisha Paringatai. Paringati currently plays for Poverty Bay in the Heartland Championship. [1] He has played Super Rugby for the Highlanders [2] [3] and the Crusaders. [4]
Paringatai also formally represented Northland, Munster [5] and Fukuoka Sanix Blues.
Problems off the field earlier in his career, which included breaches of team protocol and culminated in a criminal charge when he was found guilty of groping a woman inside a bar during 2007 where as a result was fined $12,500, [6] curtailed any aspirations he may have had of achieving higher honours, of which he had previously been touted for. [7]