Geoff Toovey played 286 first-grade matches in all, and captained Manly to the 1996 ARL premiership and the 1995 and 1997 grand finals.
17 Facts About Geoff Toovey
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Geoff Toovey played in 13 international matches for Australia between 1991 and 1998.
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Geoff Toovey made his first grade debut for Manly-Warringah in round 10 1988 against Cronulla-Sutherland at Brookvale Oval.
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Geoff Toovey played for Manly in subsequent finals campaigns in 1990,1991 and 1994.
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Geoff Toovey debuted for the New South Wales Blues in 1990, and was selected for the Australian team's end-of-season tour of Papua New Guinea in 1991 where he made his test debut for the Kangaroos, playing in all four games on tour including both tests against the Papua New Guinea Kumuls.
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Geoff Toovey captained Manly to the 1996 premiership after they defeated St George in the grand final.
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Geoff Toovey won the Clive Churchill Medal after being man of the match.
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In 1997, Geoff Toovey captained New South Wales to a State of Origin series victory and played a Test match against a Rest of the World side.
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Geoff Toovey played in the club's grand final defeat against the Newcastle Knights.
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Geoff Toovey played with Manly-Warringah up until the end of the 1999 NRL season and played in what was at the time to be the club's last game as a stand-alone entity which came against St George in round 26 1999.
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Geoff Toovey was the club's inaugural captain for the 2000 NRL season.
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At the height of the Super League war, Geoff Toovey was honoured as Australian Test captain for the 1996 one-off Test against the Papua New Guinea Palais.
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Geoff Toovey became an accountant by profession and a member of the board of the NRMA.
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Geoff Toovey joined the Manly coaching staff when Des Hasler took over as coach in 2004 and in 2011 was appointed as Manly's head coach from the 2012 season, after Hasler first announced he would be moving to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for the 2012 season.
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In 2015, Manly sacked Geoff Toovey following a disappointing season and was replaced by Trent Barrett.
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In January 2017, it was announced that Geoff Toovey would become the head coach of RFL Championship side Bradford Bulls, taking over from Rohan Smith following the liquidation and re-establishment of the club.
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In 2022, Geoff Toovey was an assistant coach for the Samoa national rugby league team in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.