Rodney Iona

Rodney Iona
Personal information
Full name Rodney Iona
Nickname Rod
Born (1991-08-17) 17 August 1991
Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Club information
Playing position Fly-Half / Centre
Current club Brumbies
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2011− Tuggeranong Vikings ()
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2014− Brumbies 3 (0)
2014– Canberra Vikings 15 (44)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 3 November 2015.

† Appearances (Points).

Rodney Iona (born 17 August 1991) is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays as a centre for the Brumbies in Super Rugby.[1][2] He also represented the Canberra Vikings in the inaugural National Rugby Championship.[3][4]

Career

Originally from Melbourne, Iona made his way north to Australia's capital Canberra in an attempt to forge out a rugby career for himself. In 2011 he linked up with the Tuggeranong Vikings who play in the ACTRU Premier Division while attending the Brumbies academy. He represented the Brumbies at sevens and won the World Club Sevens Championship in 2013 and also played in the World Club 10s tournament in Singapore.[1]

A spate of injuries for the Brumbies in the middle of the 2014 Super Rugby season saw Iona earn his first cap in a derby match against the Waratahs in Sydney. His debut didn't go quite as well as he'd have liked with his first pass being intercepted which resulted in a Waratahs try.[1] Despite this Iona was offered a full-time one-year contract with the Brumbies ahead of the 2015 Super Rugby season.[2]

Iona also played for the Canberra Vikings in the first ever National Rugby Championship in 2014 making 6 appearances.[4]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 28 June 2015
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2014 Brumbies 1 0 1 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 Brumbies 2 0 2 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 3 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ACT Brumbies sign Canberra Vikings centre Rodney Iona". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Iona upgrades to UC Brumbies in 2015". Brumbies Rugby. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. "Rondey Iona Canberra Vikings Player Profile". Brumbies Rugby. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Rodney Iona itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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