The NRL Grand final is scheduled to take place this Sunday night at Suncorp Stadium. After another COVID-19 ravaged season, the decider pits the Penrith Panthers against the South Sydney Rabbitohs. 

The NRL faces a nervous wait over the next few days with new restrictions announced by QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday, in light of the recent COVID outbreak, impacting sporting events, meaning 10,000 ticket holders, of the original sell out crowd of 52,000 will now miss out.

Joining us now is Tony Iro, former Asst Coach at the N.Z. Warriors. Tony was the longest serving member of the Warriors’ coaching team, joining in 2005.

Tony was assistant Coach to Ivan Cleary at the Warriors when they made 2011 grand final, as well as having worked with Wayne Bennett when Wayne assisted Stephen Kearney coaching NZRL Kiwis. & is currently Pathways & development manager with the warriors, alongside Stacey Jones.  

Tony previously played for Wigan, Manly, Eastern Suburbs, & South Sydney, & represented N.Z. with 25 caps for the Kiwi’s. 

Since 2017, he has been the head coach of the Cook Islands national rugby league team.