Matt Toomua
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Matt Toomua (pron: too-moo-ah) is the second CA Brumbies player to be contracted directly from school, following in the footsteps of Julian Salvi who was originally signed for the 2004 season. The 17 year old is a gifted goal-kicking flyhalf who heads to Canberra as a potential long-term playmaking prospect for the two-time Super Rugby Champions. Toomua is a product of Queensland’s Brisbane State High School, an institution that produced former CA Brumbies and Wallabies winger Mark Bartholomeusz, as well as Wallaby greats Paul Carozza, Peter Slattery and David Wislon and current Reds players Charlie Fetoai, Brett Gillespie, Brando Vaalu and Peter Hynes. 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 18’s (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.
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 18’s, 22-18. Two months later, he captained Queensland Red to the finals of the National Under 16 Championship in Sydney. Toomua is a strong Christian and both of his parents and sister,Raychell are currently living in kona hawaii. his older brother david is living in brisbane and is studing engeneering at QUT. [1]
