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Rugby league player Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has pleaded guilty to drink-driving.
Incoming Warriors player Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has pleaded guilty to drink-driving.
Court documents seen by Stuff allege Tuivasa-Sheck drove on State Highway 1 in Auckland on September 10 with his breath alcohol level of 453 micrograms per litre of breath.
The alcohol limit for drivers aged 20 years and over is 250 mcg of alcohol per litre of breath.
Tuivasa-Sheck, 30, was convicted and fined $600 before a community magistrate at the Auckland District Court on Wednesday.
He was also disqualified from driving for six months.
His lawyer, John Munro, told the court that the night before the offending, Tuivasa-Sheck had been drinking at Sky City with his teammates after a game.
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The 30-year-old is due to play for the Warriors in 2024.
He drank five beers at the event but stopped drinking by the time he left with friends at 2am.
At 6am he caught an Uber to his home in Manukau and then decided to go and collect his car from Sky City, as he “didn’t feel drunk at all,” Munro said.
On the way home, Tuivasa-Sheck passed through a police checkpoint and was found to be over the legal limit of alco
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