Tony Iro

Tony Iro
Personal information
Full name Tony Roy Iro
Born 30 May 1967 (1967-05-30) (age 44)
Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Position Second-row, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Mt Albert
1987–1989 Wigan 50 23 0 0 92
1990–1993 Manly-Warringah 72 13 0 0 52
1994–1996 Eastern Suburbs 60 11 0 0 44
1997 Hunter Mariners 20 3 0 0 12
1998 Adelaide Rams 20 1 0 0 4
1999 South Sydney 22 1 0 0 4
Total 244 52 0 0 208
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Auckland
1988–1998 New Zealand 25 4 0 0 16
Source: RLP, Yesterday's Hero and Rleague

Tony Roy Iro[1] (born May 30, 1967) is the Assistant Coach of the New Zealand Warriors, selector and Assistant Coach of the New Zealand national rugby league team and a former rugby league player. He is the brother of former professional rugby league international footballer Kevin Iro.

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Playing career

Iro a powerful winger with the strength of a forward, played his best football under Phil Gould at Easts in the mid-1990s. Iro, who had played with Wigan in 1987-89, signed with new Super League club Hunter Mariners and after a season with his brother Kevin, ventured to play for the Adelaide Rams after moving to the forwards. Following the demise of the Rams, 1999 found Iro at Souths before his return to England.

Running Down The Clock

Whilst playing for The Adelaide Rams in the Round 13 game against the St George Dragons, Iro received the ball ten metres out from the Dragons line with ten seconds remaining. In what is considered the only instance of this event occurring, Iro proceeded to run forward at the defensive line, then slowly began to run backwards and continued to run backwards to his own 40 metre line were he would be tackled and the game would end with a 22 to 20 victory for the Rams. This is considered one of the greatest moments in the history of rugby league and by far the greatest moment in the short history of the now defunct Adelaide Rams.

Representative career

Tony Iro was a New Zealand international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. The veteran of 25 Tests, his last international series was against Great Britain and France in 1998.

Coaching career

In 2005 he joined the New Zealand Warriors coaching staff and in 2008 was named in inaugural coach of the Toyota Cup side.

He was appointed to the New Zealand coaching staff in February 2009.

For the 2010 season Iro was promoted to be the Warriors Assistant Coach.[2] In 2010 Iro was appointed a New Zealand Kiwis selector for two years.[3]

Achievements

References

  1. ^ IRO, TONY ROY 1988 - 90, 1995 - 98 - KIWI #606 nzleague.co.nz
  2. ^ Deane, Steve (25 September 2009). "NRL: Bell wins leading role at Warriors". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10599491&ref=rss. Retrieved 23 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "League: Iro, Nikau named Kiwis selectors". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 23 March 2010. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10633786&ref=rss. Retrieved 23 November 2011. 

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Inaugural Hunter Mariners side

1. Robbie Ross | 2. Keith Beauchamp | 3. Nick Zisti | 6. Brad Godden | 22. Gavin Thompson | 21. Scott Hill | 7. Noel Goldthorpe (c) |
8. Justin Dooley | 9. Robbie McCormack | 10. Tim Maddison | 11. Paul Marquet | 12. Tony Iro | 13. Neil Piccinelli |
14. Troy Stone | 15. Willie Poching | 18. Richard Swain | Coach: Graham Murray