Jake Paringatai (born 13 April 1980) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a loose forward. Paringati currently plays for Poverty Bay in the Heartland Championship. He has played Super Rugby for theHighlanders and the Crusaders.

Paringatai also formally represented Northland, Munster and *uoka 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, curtailed any aspirations he may have had of achieving higher honours, of which he had previously been touted for.

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• itsrugby.co.uk profile