Representative Career
Toovey debuted for the New South Wales Blues in 1990 and gained selection at the end of 1991 for a tour of Papua New Guinea playing in all tour and Test matches.
During the 1995 season at the commencement of the Super League war, Toovey again played State of Origin and also appeared in four of Australia's five matches in their successful World Cup campaign in England.
In the 1996 State of Origin series Toovey and Andrew Johns experimented with the now commonplace hooker/half back positional and role interchange and Toovey showed himself to be a world class dummy half runner as he had ever been an exceptional grass-cutting defender.
In 1997 Toovey captained New South Wales to a State of Origin series victory and played a Test match against a Rest of the World side.
In 2000 he was hooker in NSW's clean sweep against Queensland.
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