Alex Toolis
| Full name | Alexander William Toolis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 March 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Marist College Ashgrove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Ben Toolis (twin-brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Toolis (born 31 March 1992) is an Australian-born rugby union player who plays for the Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby franchise, playing as lock.
Early life
Alex was born in Brisbane, Australia. [1]
Rugby career
Toolis arrived in Edinburgh, August 2013 after competing in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition playing for GPS Old Boys, where he helped GPS reach consecutive Premier Grade finals. He was also in the ARU's National Academy where he played in the IRB Pacific Nations Cup with his twin brother, Ben. He was also selected to play for the Queensland 'A' side in the IRB Pacific Nations Cup.
In November 2013, both twins were signed by London Irish on a short-term loan from Edinburgh Rugby. Toolis made his debut on 17 November 2013 against the Northampton Saints at Madjeski Stadium in London, where he started in the second row with his brother. This was the first time that London Irish had a pair of twins starting at the lock position.[2]
He played one match on loan with Glasgow Warriors against Munster in the 2014–15 season and is part of the celebrated 52 players used that season when the Warriors won the Pro 12 league.
He played alongside his twin, in the second row, for the first time for Edinburgh Rugby in the away win over Benetton Rugby Treviso in September 2015. They were the first brothers to do so since Tim and Sep Visser in 2012, and the first set of twins to do so for the club in the professional era. They were the first twins to start a match together for the home side in Scotland in the professional era, in January 2016 win over SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne.
Alex signed a two year deal for the Rebels to return to Australia for the 2017 Super Rugby season. Unfortunately he received a serious neck injury which has ruled him out for the season.
References
- ↑ "Alex Toolis". edinburghrugby.org. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ↑ "London Irish sign Alex Toolis on short-term loan from Edinburgh".