Robert Toia

[SamKerrSimp]

How good is this kid? He has put Latrell in his pocket all series, he got the offload away to set up the Dearden try and almost scored a great solo try after burning Latrell 20m out from the line.

For a kid who has played 10 first grade games before playing in origin after suffering a season ending injury 12 months ago he is more than holding his own in this series, NSW have targeted that left edge all series to little success. So proud of watching him even though NSW are getting smacked.

[Andrew Walker]

Yep and muppet Daley hadn’t worked out hiw defensively outstanding Toia is

[ism22]

Man I dunno how to say this respectfully but he looks to be one of those frigging annoying QLD'ers who absolutely carves up. So long as he doesn't only do so for 3 games a year then I'm happy!!!

Dunno who to compare him to... young Gagai or something? If he continues to develop then daaaamn!!!

[Bansai Pipeline]

Totally crowded Trell. All over him. Great series. Defensive rock

[MKCS]

Very cool for us to have three Origin winners and a former Australian Union international in our backline, he was good throughout the series, even in the game QLD lost.

[theGman]

Very cool for us to have three Origin winners and a former Australian Union international in our backline, he was good throughout the series, even in the game QLD lost.

Just need Collins to retain his confidence and the aura and bring it back to club level.

Fire up Lindsay.

[Random Rooster]

19 tackles
155 metres
43 post contact
4 tackle breaks

Take a bow, young man....you were excellent!!

[Billy Gunn]

Bobby got better and better as the series went on. I really hope the club locks him up long term. He did to Latrell what Latrell did to Will Chambers, to strong and too fast.

His performances this season have stopped any push to rush Manu in before June 30.

[Vasco]

We need a big game from him on Saturday.

[Red.]

BROTHERLY BOND: ROBERT TOIA SETS SIGHTS ON NEW GOAL AFTER ORIGIN VICTORY

Two of his younger brothers – Aholoka (19) and Mana (15) – are contracted to the Sydney Roosters.



ETHAN LEE CHALK
WRITER | JULY 10, 2025 - 12:01PM



In the past six months, Robert Toia has gone from making his NRL first-grade debut with the Sydney Roosters to claiming the 2025 State of Origin shield months later with the Queensland Maroons.

Returning from several injury troubles over the past three years, not even Toia imagined he would be where he is now.

Already achieving what most rugby league players can only dream of, Toia, who is only 12 matches into his young career, has outlined the next goal he is hoping to accomplish in the coming seasons.

While an NRL Premiership with the Roosters is at the top of his list, the centre hopes to share the field with his younger brothers.

"That's definitely the goal that I really want to tick off the list," Toia said in the sheds after winning the 2025 State of Origin shield.

Coming from a family of ten children - six brothers and three sisters - two of his younger brothers are currently contracted at the Sydney Roosters.

A middle-forward, Aholoka Toia (19) has made ten NSW Cup appearances this season since his debut in Round 1. Meanwhile, Mana Toia (15) just signed a new deal with the Roosters and plays as a halfback.

"He's [Ahloka] a bit of a Spencer Leinu type build and play style. He's pretty powerful and hopefully he gets some NRL experience soon," the QLD Maroons centre said.

"To be honest, I used to win the battles against him but my two older brothers used to win the battles against me."


Still in his first NRL season after returning from back-to-back ACL ruptures and a fractured jaw, Toia controlled Latrell Mitchell on the edge of the field for the entire series and limited his impact in attack.

The youngster member of the Queensland squad, he has easily cemented his spot in the back-line for years to come and didn't look out of place in the State of Origin arena.

Fuelled with emotions after the match with his family side by side, the youngster admitted he was still pinching himself when he ran out onto the field on Wednesday in front of over 80,000 spectators and was later seen in the sheds taking pictures with his teammates and coaching staff.

"Blessed. I can't believe I'm in this position and I can't believe it. I'm lost for words to be honest," Toia said.

"This is definitely one of them [the best moments of my career]. As soon as I ran out, I looked up and I was in awe. I was like...this is crazy!

"It feels like a dream. I feel like it was just yesterday I was playing the game with my little brothers and sisters and then playing with all these boys in the game is unreal."

https://www.zerotackle.com/brotherly...ictory-224129/

[Teddy]

How good is this kid? He has put Latrell in his pocket all series, he got the offload away to set up the Dearden try and almost scored a great solo try after burning Latrell 20m out from the line.

For a kid who has played 10 first grade games before playing in origin after suffering a season ending injury 12 months ago he is more than holding his own in this series, NSW have targeted that left edge all series to little success. So proud of watching him even though NSW are getting smacked.

Yep all this and he’s 10 games into his nrl career amazing.

[mightyrooster]

What a player he’s going to become. It’s just a shame he’s not a blue.

[HunchoRooster]

I could give two sh!ts about Origin and whether NSW or QLD win, it’s always about the RWB and we have a really really good one on our hands with Bobby T. So I was elated that he played well last night and really contained Mitchell.

His defence for someone of his age is absolutely world class and there should be no reason he can’t win multiple premierships with us. I think he needs to work on his hands a bit, namely his passing, something that Manu was so good at and Marky seems to have in his locker aswell. Still a couple years off being the finished article which makes it even better that you see he doesn’t look out of place in Origin this early into his career.

Such a humble kid too and a great representative for the club.

[caz]

crazy how good he was last night. game one was very solid, game two had some poor moments but last night he was great. latrell started well and it was clear he'd come to play but rob rose to the challenge.
surely he's rookie of the year

[Mickie Lane]

Toia & Shibasaki were both good last night.