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Full name | Joseph Grima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Joey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph "Joey" Grima is an Australian professional rugby league football coach, most recently head coach of the London Broncos.
Grima spent 19 years at the Parramatta Eels as a player and later as part of the coaching set up.
Joe Grima played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in Widnes' 6-12 defeat by Wigan in the 1988–89 Regal Trophy|John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1988–89 season at Burnden Park, Bolton on Saturday 7 January 1989, and was an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 15, in the 24-0 victory over Leeds in the 1991–92 Regal Trophy Final during the 1991–92 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 11 January 1992.
Grima has extensive experience in the NRL as an assistant coach at Parramatta Eels, Cronulla Sharks and the St George-Illawarra Dragons.
He was appointed as the assistant coach at the capital Super League club, London Broncos ahead of the 2014 season after being recommended by Jamie Soward to former head coach Tony Rea.