Matt Toomua

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Matt Toomua
Rugby union career

Matt Toomua playing for the Brumbies
Full name	Matt Toomua
Date of birth	(1990-01-02) 2 January 1990
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)^[1]
Weight	89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing career
Position	Fly-Half / Inside Centre
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009	Western Province	4	(0)
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2008 –	Brumbies	46	(32)

correct as of 4 August 2013.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2013–	Australia	10	(10)
correct as of 17 November 2013.

Matt Toomua /ˈtuːmuːə/ (born 2 January 1990) is a rugby union player. The second Brumbies player to be contracted directly from school,^{[citation needed]} following in the footsteps of Julian Salvi who was originally signed for the 2004 season.

Career

Toomua is a goal-kicking flyhalf who headed to Canberra as a potential long-term playmaker prospect for the two-time Super Rugby champions. Toomua is a product of Brisbane State High School..

In July Toomua won his second Australian Schools Championship, guiding Queensland I to a come-from-behind 23–17 win over NSW I in Canberra. His performance during the tournament earned him the pivot’s role for the Australian Schoolboys where he helped guide the side to wins over the England Under 18s (11–3), Samoan Schools (50–9) and a 23–17 win over New Zealand Schools in Sydney, the side’s first win over their trans-Tasman rivals since 1997.

In 2013, the Brumbies selected Toomua at fly half.^[2] In the Brumbies first game of the 2013 Super Rugby season, Lealiifano moved to inside centre;^[3] and both Toomua and Lealiifano played the full 80 minutes to help the Brumbies defeat the Reds.^[4]

Early life

Born in Melbourne, Toomua moved to Brisbane where he played his junior football with Logan City before attending Brisbane State High School. In 2006 he guided the Queensland II side to their maiden Australian National Schools Championship title, scoring all of his side’s points in their 14–13 final win over NSW II in Sydney. Competing against the likes of older flyhalves Kurtley Beale (NSW) and Queensland’s Quade Cooper, Toomua was selected in the Australia A side that defeated the Tongan Under 18s, 22–18. Two months later, he captained Queensland Red to the finals of the National Under 16 Championship in Sydney.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ "Matt Toomua". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
↑ "Toomua taking baby steps in comeback". Grandstand Rugby Union. ABC. AAP. 17 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
↑ "Brumbies down Reds". SA Rugby. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
↑ "Brumbies vs Reds". Match Breakdown. SA Rugby. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.

External links

Brumbies Profile

Squads

v t e Brumbies – 2014 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Fotu Auelua Jarrad Butler Sam Carter Scott Fardy Joshua Mann-Rea Stephen Moore Ben Mowen Ruaidhri Murphy David Pocock Leon Power Siliva Siliva Scott Sio Jordan Smiler Ruan Smith Ita Vaea Jack Whetton

Backs	Robbie Coleman Lionel Cronjé Conrad Hoffmann Tevita Kuridrani Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Jesse Mogg Clyde Rathbone Andrew Smith Henry Speight Harumichi Tatekawa Joe Tomane Matt Toomua Nic White

Coach	Stephen Larkham

v t e Brumbies – 2013 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Fotu Auelua Sam Carter Colby Fainga'a Scott Fardy Peter Kimlin Joshua Mann-Rea Stephen Moore Ben Mowen Ruaidhri Murphy Etienne Oosthuizen Dan Palmer David Pocock Leon Power Siliva Siliva Scott Sio Jordan Smiler George Smith Ruan Smith Did not play: Ita Vaea

Backs	Robbie Coleman Zack Holmes Tevita Kuridrani Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Jesse Mogg Ian Prior Clyde Rathbone Andrew Smith Henry Speight Mark Swanepoel Joe Tomane Matt Toomua Nic White Did not play: Tom Cox

Coach	Jake White

v t e Brumbies – 2012 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Fotu Auelua Sam Carter Colby Fainga'a Scott Fardy Ben Hand Anthony Hegarty Michael Hooper Peter Kimlin Stephen Moore Ben Mowen Ruaidhri Murphy Dan Palmer Leon Power Scott Sio Ita Vaea Did not play: Jono Owen Siliva Siliva Jerry Yanuyanutawa

Backs	Robbie Coleman Cam Crawford Zack Holmes Tevita Kuridrani Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Jesse Mogg Ian Prior Andrew Smith Henry Speight Joe Tomane Matt Toomua Nic White Did not play: Tom Cox Kimami Sitauti

Coach	Jake White

v t e Brumbies – 2011 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Tom Boidin Sam Carter Mitchell Chapman Mark Chisholm Huia Edmonds Rocky Elsom Colby Fainga'a Ben Hand Anthony Hegarty Stephen Hoiles Michael Hooper Peter Kimlin Elvis Levi Salesi Ma'afu Stephen Moore Jono Owen Dan Palmer Julian Salvi Ita Vaea Henry Vanderglas Jerry Yanuyanutawa

Backs	Adam Ashley-Cooper Robbie Coleman Francis Fainifo Matt Giteau Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Patrick Phibbs Andrew Smith Tyrone Smith Henry Speight Matt Toomua Josh Valentine Nic White Did not play: Ed Stubbs Samu Wara

Coach	Tony Rea

Persondata
Name	Toomua, Matt
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby union player
Date of birth	2 January 1990
Place of birth	Melbourne, VIC
Date of death
Place of death

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