Career
He also represented the Canberra Vikings in the inaugural National Rugby Championship. 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.
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. Despite this Iona was offered a full-time one-year contract with the Brumbies ahead of the 2015 Super Rugby season.
Iona also played for the Canberra Vikings in the first ever National Rugby Championship in 2014 making 6 appearances.
