Corey Toole

Corey Toole
Toole representing Australia sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Born (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
SchoolMater Dei Catholic College
Rugby union career
Position Wing
Current team ACT Brumbies
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2023– ACT Brumbies 43 (140)
Correct as of 23 August 2025
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2021–2024 Australia sevens 58 (240)
2023–2024 Australia A 3 (5)
2025– Australia 6 (5)
Correct as of 23 August 2025

Corey Toole (born 7 March 2000) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Super Rugby club ACT Brumbies and the Australia national team.[1][2][3][4][5]

Club career

ACT Brumbies

In September 2022, the ACT Brumbies announced that Corey Toole had signed a two-year contract with the club. He joined former rugby sevens players Ben O'Donnell and Jack Debreczeni in signing ahead of the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season.[6] Toole scored two tries on debut in the Brumbies' opening-round victory over the New South Wales Waratahs.[7] He produced further notable performances, including a 77th-minute try that secured a come-from-behind victory over the Waratahs and extended the Brumbies' winning streak against them to eleven matches.[8]

Following the 2024 season, the ACT Brumbies announced that Toole had signed a one-year contract extension, having scored seventeen tries in twenty-seven appearances since his debut.[9] He later signed an additional contract extension with the club, keeping him until the end of 2026.[10]

International career

Australia sevens

Toole made his sevens debut at the first event of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series,[11][12] scoring four tries including two in the Fifth place final victory against Great Britain (35–21).[13] 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)[4] and three impact player awards (Málaga,[14] Seville,[15] Singapore).[16] Following the fifth sevens event (10 April 2022), Toole held the most "Total Impact" points with 292, thirty-three points above second place Terry Kennedy (Ireland).[17] Going into the final event of the 2021–22 series (Los Angeles), Toole remains the highest "Total Impact" points holder with 430, just fourteen points ahead of Terry Kennedy.

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, and would see him play full-time with the ACT Brumbies from 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season onwards.[18][1]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Toole helped Australia to a fourth-place finish, one placing better than the previous tournament (2018).[19][20] Toole scored two tries throughout the tournament.[21] He competed for Australia at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[22][23]

He was named in the Australian sevens team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[24][25][26]

Australia

Toole played for the Australia A team against Tonga on 14 July 2023 in the 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-ups, scoring one try. Australia A lost 27–21 in Nukuʻalofa.[27][28] Toole made another appearance for the Australia A team in 2024, on Australia's Grand Slam tour, against England A.

Toole was named in the Australia squad ahead of their second test against South Africa in the 2025 Rugby Championship.[29] Toole scored Australia's first try of the match in the seventh minute; however, Australia lost 30–22 in Cape Town.[30]

Career statistics

Rugby sevens

As of 14 May 2023
Sevens Series statistics[4]
Season Comps Apps Tries Con. Pen. DG Yel. Red Points
2021–22 9 46 43 0 0 0 0 0 215

Super Rugby

Super Rugby statistics[31]
Team Comp. Season Matches Disc. Tries Points Try ratio
P W D L %
Yel.
Red
ACT Brumbies Super Rugby 2023 14 9 0 5 64 0 0 9 45 .64
2024 13 10 0 3 77 0 0 8 40 .62
2025 16 10 0 6 63 1 0 11 55 .69
2026 TBD
Super Rugby Total 43 29 0 14 67 1 0 28 140 .65
Team Comp. Season P W D L %
Yel.
Red 		Tries Points Try ratio
Matches Disc.

Honours

Australia
Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Wenzel, Murray (15 March 2022). "Toole commits to Sevens Comm Games push". The Queenslander.
  2. ^ Moran, Rachel (9 July 2021). "Corey Toole is the Gungahlin Eagles flyer 'we could see in the next Olympics'". The Canberra Times.
  3. ^ "Pathways". act.rugby.
  4. ^ a b c "Corey Toole". world.rugby. World Rugby. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  5. ^ Grey, Lachlan (10 July 2018). "Waratahs flyer Corey Toole scores blinder for ACT Schoolboys at nationals – Video". The Daily Advertiser.
  6. ^ Nathan Williamson (23 September 2022). "ACT Brumbies sign Sevens flyer Corey Toole". Rugby Xplorer. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  7. ^ AAP (4 February 2023). "Toole impress as Brumbies beat Tahs in first trial with new boss Larkham". Rugby Xplorer. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  8. ^ AAP (1 April 2023). "Brumbies win Super thriller to keep Tahs streak alive". Rugby Xplorer. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  9. ^ Nathan Williamson (3 October 2024). "Corey Toole signs new deal with ACT Brumbies". Rugby Xplorer. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  10. ^ Brumbies Rugby (22 May 2025). "Speedster Toole extends deal with the Brumbies". Rugby Xplorer. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  11. ^ Malone, Matt (18 November 2021). "Wagga rugby product Corey Toole to make debut for Australia at next month's Dubai Sevens". The Daily Advertiser.
  12. ^ "Dubai Squads". world.rugby. World Rugby.
  13. ^ "Australia – Great Britain – World Rugby Sevens Series". world.rugby. World Rugby.
  14. ^ "DHL Impact Player". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022.
  15. ^ "DHL Impact Player". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022.
  16. ^ @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.
  17. ^ @WorldRugby7s (10 April 2022). "Corey Toole is massive for this @Aussie7s side! @DHLRugby" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Williamson, Nathan (15 March 2022). "Corey Toole signs full-time deal with Australian Sevens". rugby.com.au.
  19. ^ "Kiwis Relegate Men's Rugby 7s To Games Fourth". commonwealthgames.com.au. Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA). 1 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Tool Time Helps 7s Men Into Games Semi". commonwealthgames.com.au. Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA). 31 July 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  21. ^ "Corey Toole – Commonwealth Games". results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  22. ^ Williamson, Nathan (5 September 2022). "Sevens sides confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  23. ^ "GAME BY GAME: Australia Women claim Sevens World Cup, Men finish fourth". rugby.com.au. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  24. ^ "Rugby Sevens launches Australia's Olympics campaign tonight". www.rugby.com.au. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics: Charlotte Caslick, Nicholas Malouf to Captain Australian Rugby Sevens Teams - Full Squads". olympics.com. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  26. ^ "TOOLE Corey". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024.
  27. ^ Tora, Iliesa (14 July 2023). "Tonga defeats Australia A to start their pre-World Cup build up". Radio New Zealand.
  28. ^ "Tonga beat Australia A ahead of Rugby World Cup". espn.com.au. 14 July 2023.
  29. ^ "Corey Toole given debut as Wallabies try for back-to-back wins against Springboks". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. 22 August 2025. Archived from the original on 22 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  30. ^ Mallows, Tim (23 August 2025). "South Africa bounce back to beat Australia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  31. ^ "Corey Toole: Stats – All Rugby". All Rugby.
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