Corey Toole
Corey Toole is an Australian rugby union and rugby sevens player. He plays domestically with the Brumbies in the Super Rugby. From Wagga Wagga, New South Wales,[3][2] Toole played for Wagga Waratahs Rugby Club[2] and the Gungahlin Eagles[4] before joining the Brumbies Academy.[5] Toole has also represented the ACT Schoolboys at Nationals.[2]
Date of birth | [1] | 7 March 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Mater Dei[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union career
Rugby sevens
Toole made his sevens debut at the first event of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series,[6][7] scoring four tries including two in the Fifth place final victory against Great Britain (35–21).[8] Since debuting for Australia at the first event in Dubai, Toole has become one of the most important players for them, racking up the most tries in the series (27)[1] and three impact player awards (Málaga,[9] Seville,[10] Singapore).[11] As of the fifth sevens event (10 April 2022), Toole holds the most "Total Impact" points with 292, thirty-three points above second place Terry Kennedy.[12]
In March 2022 Rugby Australia (RA) announced that Toole had signed to stay with the Men's Australia sevens team until the end of the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens, which would see him play in both the Sevens World Cup and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[13][3]
Statistics
Season | Comps | Apps | Tries | Con. | Pen. | DG | Yel. | Red | Points |
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2021–22 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
References
- "Corey Toole". world.rugby. World Rugby. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- Grey, Lachlan (10 July 2018). "Waratahs flyer Corey Toole scores blinder for ACT Schoolboys at nationals – Video". The Daily Advertiser.
- Wenzel, Murray (15 March 2022). "Toole commits to Sevens Comm Games push". The Queenslander.
- Moran, Rachel (9 July 2021). "Corey Toole is the Gungahlin Eagles flyer 'we could see in the next Olympics'". The Canberra Times.
- "Pathways". act.rugby.
- Malone, Matt (18 November 2021). "Wagga rugby product Corey Toole to make debut for Australia at next month's Dubai Sevens". The Daily Advertiser.
- "Dubai Squads". world.rugby. World Rugby.
- "Australia – Great Britain – World Rugby Sevens Series". world.rugby. World Rugby.
- "DHL Impact Player". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022.
- "DHL Impact Player". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022.
- @WorldRugby7s (10 April 2022). "An integral day two performance from @Aussie7s' Corey Toole, gave him the edge to lead the #ImpactPlayer standings in Singapore @DHLRugby" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- @WorldRugby7s (10 April 2022). "Corey Toole is massive for this @Aussie7s side! @DHLRugby" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Williamson, Nathan (15 March 2022). "Corey Toole signs full-time deal with Australian Sevens". rugby.com.au.