Mark Tookey


Mark Tookey is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990 and 2000s. He played as a in Australia for the South Queensland Crushers and the Parramatta Eels as well as the New Zealand Warriors. Tookey then played in the Super League for the Castleford Tigers and the Harlequins RL. He is now currently head coach of the Oakey Bears in the Toowoomba Rugby League competition.

Background

Tookey was born in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia on 9 March 1977.

Playing career

Tookey commenced his premiership playing career with the South Queensland Crushers debuting during the 1996 ARL season. He then moved to the Parramatta Eels and later joined the Auckland Warriors. He played for the Warriors at prop forward in their 2002 NRL Grand Final loss to the Sydney Roosters.
In 2004 Tookey started playing in the Super League for English club the Castleford Tigers, later moving to the /.

Post-playing

Following to his retirement as a player, Tookey was in 2009 the assistant coach of the Tongan side. He later worked as a Development Officer for the Canberra Raiders with their associated club Souths Logan Magpies.
Tookey ran as an independent candidate in Division 5 in the 2016 Logan City Council election, which was being held on 19 March.
In November 2018, Tookey played for Parramatta in the Legends of League tournament held in Gosford. The side was captained by Nathan Hindmarsh and made it to the preliminary final before being defeated by The Barbarians.