Overview

• Rocky Elsom, former captain of Australia's Wallabies, was sentenced to two years in prison by a French court for misusing corporate funds during his tenure as president of Narbonne rugby club from 2015 to 2016.
• In addition to the prison sentence, Elsom was fined €100,000, with half the sum suspended, and ordered to pay €230,000 in compensation to the club's liquidator.
• Elsom, 42, was convicted in absentia and has been the subject of an international arrest warrant since a prior conviction in October 2024, which he also did not attend.
• He denies any wrongdoing, claiming he has been scapegoated for the club's later financial troubles and stating that Narbonne was in a strong position during his leadership.
• Elsom is currently at an undisclosed location after fleeing Ireland, where he had been living, to avoid extradition to France.