Tony Iro
Personal information
Born	30 May 1967 (1967-05-30) (age 42)
	Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
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
1988–1998	New Zealand	25	4	0	0	16
Source: RLP, Yesterday's Hero and Rleague

Tony Iro (born May 30, 1967) is the Assistant Coach of the New Zealand national rugby league team, a former rugby league player and a product of Mt Albert in New Zealand.

Iro, the older brother of Kevin 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.

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.

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.^[1]

[edit] Achievements

Wigan - Challenge Cup, Lancashire Cup, Regal Trophy, Charity Shield

Coaching: Vodafone Warriors IT and Video analyst 2005 Allied Work Force development coach 2006 Vodafone Warriors welfare and development manager 2006-07

Other: New Zealand selector 2005-07

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Tony Iro Wigan Career Page on the CherryandWhite.co.uk Wigan RL Fansite.
• World Cup 1995 details

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