On the field, they called him The Beast. It was a nickname well earned. Explosive runs through half-gaps in midfield, bone-crunching tackles and a haul of almost 200 elite-level tries, including one in the 1999 Super League final for St Helens, cemented Kevin Iro’s reputation across two decades as a rugby league star.
“It feels like a lifetime ago,” he says of a career that ended in 2006 wearing the colours of his native Cook Islands, six years after he captained his country in their debut World Cup. “I’ve moved on. My focus has shifted.”
