Ellyse Perry, wearing a Moira Hughes dress, weds Matt Toomua. Photo: Ryan Pierse
Dual international Ellyse Perry and ACT Brumbies star Matt Toomua got hitched on the weekend.
The sporting power couple got married in Sydney at an intimate ceremony and announced their nuptials on Instagram on Tuesday after a 16-month engagement.
Perry had a busy weekend, hitting the winning runs in the Sydney Sixers' Women's Big Bash League match against the Perth Scorchers at the SCG before tying the knot.
Ellyse Perry and Matt Toomua are one of the glamour couples of Australian sport. Photo: Getty Images
Perry scored 32 not out in the five-wicket win while Toomua played the role of his newly created group, the HABs or Husbands and Boyfriends.
Toomua has recruited Australian fast-bowler Mitchell Starc to his HABs crew as a rival group to the WAGs of men's sport.
Toomua has even swapped his rugby boots for cricket pads, facing up to Perry in net sessions to help her training.
Her simple message on Instagram of "We got hitched!" reflected Perry and Toomua's low key nature and reluctance to make a big deal of their relationship.
The pair met at Sydney Airport in 2012 with the Brumbies flying to Darwin for a pre-season Super Rugby match and Perry travelling to Melbourne for a women's international cricket match.
Toomua was too nervous to approach Perry, who was playing in the W-League for Canberra United at the time.
The Brumbies and Wallabies playmaker called on Brumbies media man Elliot Woods to intervene while they were in the Qantas club. Woods obliged and asked Perry to pose for a photo with Toomua for the club's Twitter account.
But rather than soak up the spotlight, the pair have preferred to keep their relationship away from media attention as they focus on their respective careers.
Perry managed to squeeze the wedding in to her busy cricket schedule, which includes captaining the Sydney Sixers in the women's Big Bash League.
Toomua made a surprise appearance at Brumbies' pre-season training before he officially returns to duties on January 4 in preparation for his last season in Australia.
The pair will move to England at the end of 2016 after Toomua signed a deal with the Leicester Tigers.
"I think it was a really wonderful opportunity for Matt, but for us both, it's a really great life experience," Perry told The Canberra Times last month.
"We've both been playing in the same spot for about 10 years each, him here in Canberra and myself in Sydney.
"It was just a really great opportunity and I think that's something that we've both always looked at sport as a way to expand your horizons.
"I guess the time is right for us, but I've still got a lot I want to achieve in Australia. I haven't forgotten that.
"It really doesn't change too much for me. I've spoken in depth to Cricket Australia about it and I am very keen to stay involved in the WNCL, the WBBL and the W-League
"It might mean I spend more time in England and there's a new super league that is starting there next year, so if I'm able to get a gig in that, that would be fantastic.
"For me, it doesn't really change too much in terms of my commitments."
