Rugby-Former All Black Guildford sentenced for defrauding grandfather, friend

FILE PHOTO: All Blacks' Zac Guildford (L) makes a break near teammate Ben Franks during their rugby test match against Ireland at Eden Park in Auckland, June 9, 2012. REUTERS/Nigel Marple/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former New Zealand rugby international Zac Guildford has been sentenced to nine months’ home detention for two separate fraud charges involving family and a friend.

The troubled 33-year-old appeared in the Masterton District Court on Friday after he admitted stealing NZ$41,500 ($28,600) from his grandfather via online banking and to another charge of defrauding a friend of NZ$60,000 in May to feed a gambling addiction, New Zealand media reported.