Jeffery Toomaga-Allen

Club

Queensland Reds

Position

Prop

Nationality

New Zealand

Date of birth

1990-11-19

Birthplace

Wellington, New Zealand

Height

1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)

Weight

125 kg (19 st 10 lb; 276 lb)

Jeffery Latu Toomaga-Allen (born 19 November 1990) is a rugby union footballer who plays as a tighthead prop for Wasps in the English Premiership Rugby. He previously played for Wellington Lions in the ITM Cup and the Hurricanes in Super Rugby. Toomaga-Allen has also played for New Zealand's international rugby team, the All Blacks, three times during his career.

Career
Toomaga-Allen represented New Zealand under 20 in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship. He made his debut for Wellington and for the Hurricanes in 2012, quickly becoming a regular starter for both teams.

Jeffery Toomaga-Allen became All Black no. 1130, in the test against Japan on 2 November 2013. This came after he was called into the 2013 end-of-year tour squad as injury cover.

Toomaga-Allen was not selected for the All Blacks in 2014, with Crusaders prop Joe Moody called in as injury cover for Tony Woodcock over Toomaga-Allen for the remainder of the 2014 Rugby Championship. Toomaga-Allen retained his spot as a regular for the Hurricanes and for Wellington though. Toomaga-Allen came off the bench in the 2015 Super Rugby Final, but this was lost to the Highlanders 14-21. Toomaga-Allen did not play in the following year's Grand Final which the Hurricanes won, due to his run of injuries.

Toomaga-Allen re-established his place as a regular starter for the Hurricanes in 2017, starting against the British and Irish Lions on 27 June in a 31-31 draw. Toomaga-Allen also started in the knockout rounds of Super Rugby that year, but the Hurricanes lost the semi-final to the Lions in Johannesburg 44-29. After season-ending injuries to Joe Moody and Owen Franks, Toomaga-Allen was re-called to the All Blacks for the 2017 Rugby Championship but did not make an appearance for New Zealand that year until the 2017 end-of-year tour where he came off the bench against the 31-22 win against the Barbarians, replacing Ofa Tu'ungafasi with 13 minutes left. Toomaga-Allen made his first start for New Zealand ten days later when he took part in the 28-23 win over a French XV for 66 minutes before being replaced.

Toomaga-Allen missed the first few rounds of the 2018 Super Rugby season due to injury but returned off the bench on 24 March 2018, during a 29-12 victory over the Highlanders. Toomaga-Allen returned to his starting position the week later when the Hurricanes beat the Sharks 38-37. After a good Super Rugby season, Toomaga-Allen was retained by the All Blacks for their 2018 Steinlager serie