Aidan Manoa Toua (born 19 January 1990) is a

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player for Japanese team Honda Heat. 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 has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the S ...

for the

Queensland Reds The Queensland Reds is the rugby union team based in Brisbane for the Australian state of Queensland that competes in the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996, they were a representative team selected from the rugby union ...

and

ACT Brumbies The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005 to 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 wh ...

. His usual position is fullback. Toua was educated at the

Anglican Church Grammar School The Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS), formerly the Church of England Grammar School and commonly referred to as Churchie, is an independent, Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican, Day school, day and boarding school for boys, located in ...

. In February 2013, Toua was named to start at fullback for the Reds against the

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. 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's First XV In 2022, he was selected in the

Papua New Guinea national rugby union team The Papua New Guinea national rugby union team, nicknamed the Pukpuks, (Tok Pisin for 'crocodiles'), played its first international in 1966, defeating Vanuatu 47–3. Papua New Guinea have not so far qualified for a Rugby World Cup. They participa ...

, known as the Pukpuks.

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Reds Rugby Player ProfileSS Management Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Toua, Aidan 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 in France SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne players People educated at Anglican Church Grammar School Canberra Vikings players ACT Brumbies players Mie Honda Heat players Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan 21st-century Australian sportsmen