Parramatta Eels star Isaiah Iongi faces NRL investigation over questionable smoking images on social media

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24 Feb, 2026 04:29 AM2 mins to read

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Isaiah Iongi has been referred to the NRL’s integrity unit after images of him with an unknown substance surfaced.

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The Parramatta Eels have contacted the NRL integrity unit after photos emerged online of 22-year-old fullback Isaiah Iongi preparing to smoke an unknown substance.

Images have surfaced online showing Iongi holding a pre-rolled paper, with an unknown substance in what appears to be a herb grinder in front of him.

Other pictures show him holding a lighter underneath the paper tube in a bathtub, then appearing to smoke it in a dark room.

It is not known who took the images, or when or where they were taken, but the Sydney Morning Herald claims they were published on social media without his consent.

There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by Iongi, but the Eels immediately referred the matter straight to the NRL’s integrity unit.