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Geoffrey "Geoff" Toovey (born 17 June 1969 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player of the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He is the current head coach at the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles of the National Rugby League. He was educated at Davidson High School. Toovey played halfback for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, then played as a hooker later in his career at the Northern Eagles. He played 286 first-grade matches in all, and captained Manly to the 1996 ARL premiership and the 1995 and 1997 grand finals. He played in 13 international matches for Australia between 1991 and 1998. Toovey is currently the head coach of Manly-Warringah. He is a qualified accountant and a member of the board of the National Roads and Motorists' Association. ==Club career== Geoff Toovey made his debut for the Sea Eagles on 7 May 1988 as a replacement for Cliff Lyons as Manly defeated Cronulla 44-30 at Brookvale Oval. He was then picked a few weeks later for Manly's 30–0 upset against the touring Great Britain side and was named man-of-the-match. Lyons at five-eighth and Toovey at halfback formed a long-standing and strong partnership enabling Manly to be consistent finals contenders all through the 1990s. Toovey's form for Manly saw coach Bob Fulton move former test and 1987 premiership winning halfback Des Hasler to -forward. In 1989 under the coaching of former Manly international Alan Thompson, Toovey continued his halves partnership with Lyons and Hasler staying at lock, though the Sea Eagles fell to 12th on the ladder. Thompson was replaced in 1990 by former New Zealand Kiwis and Wigan coach Graham Lowe, with Toovey's form good enough for State of Origin selection for New South Wales. Manly returned to the finals in 1990, finishing fourth, though he ultimately missed a place on the 1990 Kangaroo tour (coached by Fulton), with selectors preferring Queensland half Allan Langer and Canberra Raiders dual-premiership half Ricky Stuart, with Hasler and Greg Alexander as backups though both mostly played utility or fullback roles on tour. The Sea Eagles again made the finals in 1991, and though they were bundled out in the finals after losses to North Sydney and dual reigning premiers Canberra, Toovey made his international debut on the Kangaroos mini tour of Papua New Guinea. 1992 saw Manly miss the finals for only the fourth time since 1980. When Michael O'Connor retired at the end of 1992, Lowe, who was replaced in mid-1993 by Bob Fulton after being forced to step down due to health problems, appointed Toovey as team captain. He led the side to three Grand Final appearances from 1995 to 1997. He won one premiership against St George in 1996, playing the match with a fractured eye socket as Manly won their 6th premiership, Toovey was honoured on the day as winner of the Clive Churchill Medal as the man-of-the-match. Toovey's first year as captain of the Sea Eagles got off to a bad start when he broke his jaw in a pre-season trial game, with Des Hasler captaining the side in his absence. A total knee reconstruction in 1994 curtailed his season and despite returning to lead Manly to the Semi-finals that year, he was unable to press for selection for the 1994 Kangaroo tour. At the end of 1999 series with those clubs who were financially struggling needing to make changes to stay part of the new post-Super League amalgamated competition, Toovey was chosen as foundation captain of the Northern Eagles merger between Manly and the North Sydney Bears. He played in every match of the Northern Eagles first two seasons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geoff Toovey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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