However, the sentence was cancelled after the judge realised home detention sentences cannot be deferred for more than two months.
Henry has already paid his two victims a total of $4000 reparations.
He admits that after being denied entry to the bar, he went to shake a bouncer's hand, before throwing a punch at his face out of nowhere.
He then knocked another staff member unconscious
His younger teammates, Shea Ili and Reuben Te Rangi, joined in.
Ili has been sentenced to four months community detention and has been ordered to pay $1250 reparations.
Te Rangi will be sentenced on September 10.
All three have engaged in a restorative justice conference, which has been described as a huge success.
Crowded House bar manager, Max O'Leary, said his view of the players changed after meeting with them, even though their behaviour was despicable.
He said they were paying the price for their actions, being stood down from the Southland Sharks and not being considered for the Tall Blacks world cup squad.
He was shocked Southland Sharks management did not have touring policies in place before the incident, and did not do anything to prevent heavily intoxicated players from going out on the town.
