Keith Robinson is a former

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footballer. His usual position is at

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. He was first selected for New Zealand's national team, the

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in 2002. His career was plagued by injury, and he was selected into the 2006 All Blacks after making a remarkable comeback from a serious back injury. He last played against the

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in 2004 before making a comeback in the

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. He made his Test debut on the All Blacks end-of-year tour in 2002 but, after three Tests, had to wait another 18 months to be recalled by

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for the Tri-Nations Tests in 2004. Robinson made a surprise return to Waikato's

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side in September 2006. In October 2007 he announced he was retiring from all rugby at the age of only 30. He cited his recurring left knee injury as the reason for his retirement.

Conviction

Robinson pleaded guilty to a charge of injuring with intent to injure after punching a man while on a pub crawl in 2012. He was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and ordered to pay $1,000 to his victim.

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