[1][2] He attended De La Salle College, Mangere East, he played alongside Taniela Moa in the school's First XV rugby team.

Other early career highlights include playing second five for the Championship-winning Auckland Marist Under 21 side, coached by Peter Tubberty.

At the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Toeava played in pool matches against Tonga (at left wing), Japan (at fullback) and Canada (coming off the bench in the second half).

[4] In March 2016 Toeava joined Clermont as a medical joker to cover an injury crisis and has held his place at the powerful club.

His form helped guide Clermont to the French Top 14 championship and to the lead in their pool of the Champions Cup in January 2017, before an arm injury that required surgery sidelined him for the rest of the season.