Aidan Manoa Toua (born 19 January 1990) is a
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player for Japanese team
Honda Heat
Mie Honda Heat is a Japanese rugby union team based in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The owner of the club is Honda Motor. (Suzuka is known for the Suzuka Circuit and the presence of car companies.)
They play in the Japan Rugby League One, ...
. He previously played
Super Rugby
Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...
for the
Queensland Reds and
ACT Brumbies
The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005–2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the brumby, feral horses whi ...
. His usual position is
fullback Fullback or Full back may refer to:
Sports
* A position in various kinds of football, including:
** Full-back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position
** Fullback (gridiron football), in Americ ...
.
Toua was educated at the
Anglican Church Grammar School.
In February 2013, Toua was named to start at fullback for the Reds against the Hurricanes in Brisbane.
In 2020, he announced his retirement from rugby. But he continues to play for his local club, Easts Tigers, and helps with coaching at his former high school First XV
In 2022, he was selected in the Papua New Guinea national rugby union team, known as the Pukpuks
References
External links
Reds Rugby Player ProfileSS Management Profile
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1990 births
Australian rugby union players
Queensland Reds players
Male rugby sevens players
Rugby union wings
Papua New Guinean emigrants to Australia
Living people
Australian expatriate rugby union players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate rugby union players in France
SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne players
People educated at Anglican Church Grammar School
Canberra Vikings players
ACT Brumbies players