| Anton Iaria | |
| Fullname: | Anton Iaria |
| Birth Date: | 24 January 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Australia, |
| Height: | 1.84abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Weight: | 101abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Club1: | Barrow Raiders |
| Year1start: | 2022 |
| Year1end: | 23 |
| Appearances1: | 49 |
| Tries1: | 10 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 40 |
| Teama: | Italy |
| Yearastart: | 2017 |
| Yearaend: | present |
| Appearancesa: | 7 |
| Triesa: | 1 |
| Goalsa: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 4 |
| New: | yes |
| Source: | [1] |
| Updated: | 5 December 2023 |
Anton Iaria (born 24 January 1996) is an Italy international rugby league footballer who last played as a for the Barrow Raiders in the Betfred Championship.
Iaria was born in Australia. He is of Italian descent and qualified to represent Italy through his paternal grandparents.[2] [3]
Iaria represented Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup before leaving to joining St Marys Saints after the 2018 season.[4] [5] In 2021, Iaria played for Penrith Panthers in the New South Wales Cup until the season was suspended due to the pandemic.[6] In November 2021, Iaria joined Barrow Raiders on a one-year deal.[6] In June 2023, he made his 50th appearance for the club in a match against Halifax Panthers. This was also his final appearance before departing from Barrow to return to Australia.[7] In January 2024, Iaria was named in the Blacktown Workers squad for the NSW Cup.[8]
In October 2017, Iaria made his début for Italy in a 24–24 draw against Malta.[9] In October 2019, Iaria scored his first international try in Italy's 23–20 loss to Malta.[10] Iaria was named in the squad for World Cup qualifiers in 2019 in which Italy played Spain and Ireland.[11] In 2022, Iaria was named in the Italy squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup[12] and played in the matches against Scotland, Fiji and Australia.[13] In October 2023, Iaria played in Italy's wins over Malta and South Africa.[14] [15]