Former All Black Andrew Hore's appeal against a firearms conviction has been dismissed.
Hore, of Patearoa, was convicted in the Alexandra District Court on Thursday of supplying a firearm to an unlicensed person in Paerau on May 2.
He was fined $400 and court costs of $130.
An appeal was immediately lodged and was heard by Justice Rachel Dunningham in the High Court at Dunedin yesterday.
Hore and his counsel, David Robinson, had been hoping to obtain a discharge without conviction to allow the former All Black and Highlander to attend the Rugby World Cup in the UK, where he had work available.