Joey Grima

Joseph Grima (18 April 1973) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach, most recently head coach of the London Broncos.

For the New Zealand rugby league footballer, see Joe Grima (rugby league).

Joey Grima
Personal information
Full nameJoseph Grima
Born (1973-04-18) 18 April 1973
Playing information
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–2010 Parramatta Eels 58
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2014–15 London Broncos 19 12 0 7 63
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2004–2008 Malta 9 7 0 2 78
Source: [1]
As of 25 July 2021

Managerial career

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.

On 14 May he was appointed as head coach of the English capital side and signed a deal until the end of 2015.[2] His first game in charge, London lost to Huddersfield Giants 16–30 at The Hive Stadium on 10 May [3] and at the Magic Weekend on 17 May they narrowly lost to Catalans Dragons 22–24 at the Etihad Stadium.[4] His first 2 games in charge were the two best performances by the Broncos in 2014.

On 13 July 2014, Grima's London Broncos were relegated to the Kingstone Press Championship. Grima started to rebuild all aspects of the club signing/resigning 17 players to date from the academy, current players and players in key positions such as Richard Mathers, William Barthau, Nick Slyney, Josh Cordoba and Rhys Williams.

After taking over from Rea, Grima won his first game against Super League giants Leeds Rhinos 40–36 at The Hive.

On 9 October 2014, London Broncos announced Grima had signed a 2-year contract extension to keep him as head coach until the end of 2016.[5] He won his second game as Broncos head coach 26–22 against Doncaster in the Broncos' first game in the Championship.

On 2 March 2015, Grima announced he was to step down as Broncos coach with immediate effect due to an illness to a family member in Australia and relocated back home to Australia.

Grima returned to Australia and was signed as Brad Arthur's assistant coach with the Parramatta Eels for the 2016-17, 2017-18 seasons. Grima was named Eels coaching director in 2019.

International Management

Between 2004 and 2006, Grima was the head coach of Malta after founding the MRL (Malta Rugby League).

In 2018 Grima was recruited to assist and the PNG Kumuls and Orchids programs. 17th November 2019 The PNG Kumuls men’s and Orchids female team defeated Great Britain Lions and Roses respectively in a major upset.

Statistics
As of 22 June 2014
Team From To Record
G W D L PF PA PD Win %
Malta 2004 2008 9 7 0 2 0 0 +0 077.78
London Broncos 5 May 2014[6] 2 March 2015 19 12 0 7 837 334 +503 063.16

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Tony Rea leaves London Broncos". Archived from the original on 19 May 2014.
  3. "Match Centre | Fixtures & Results | Rugby | London Broncos Rugby League | Official Site : London Broncos 16 Huddersfield Giants 30". Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. "Match Centre | Fixtures & Results | Rugby | London Broncos Rugby League | Official Site : London Broncos 22 Catalan Dragons 24". Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  5. "News | London Broncos Rugby League | Official Site : Grima signs contract extension". www.londonbroncosrl.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
  6. http://www.londonbroncosrl.com/news/5264.php#.U3KpbJUU_IU
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