Background
He is eligible to represent Scotland as his mother, Linda, is from Carluke in Lanarkshire.
He is eligible to represent Scotland as his mother, Linda, is from Carluke in Lanarkshire.
He plays primarily at loose head Lock. Ben Toolis switched from Queensland Premier Grade side Global Positioning System Old Boys to Edinburgh Rugby in 2013. In his early days he played for Australia Youth (U18) and Junior (U20)in volleyball games but had an impressive background of rugby.
The Brisbane born, Ben was in the Australian National Rugby Academy squad and played in the Institutional Review Board Pacific Nations Cup.
The lanky 6 ft 7in Ben with a Scottish root has a one-year assignment with the Edinburgh Rugby. He is also qualified to play for the national team of Scotland.
He is scheduled to undergo the present club"s Elite Development Player programme and is expected to follow in the footsteps of electronic data processing graduates like Grant Gilchrist, Tom Brown and Matt Scott and represent Scotland. After an impressive run of games for his club Edinburgh he was called up to the Scotland squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, going on to make his international debut against Italy.