Lewis Holland (born 14 January 1993) is a professional rugby union player who represents Australia in rugby sevens. Born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales and playing for Queanbeyan Whites at a club level, he debuted for Australia in February 2011. As of December 2015, he had 28 caps.
| Date of birth | 14 January 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Edmund's College, Canberra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby career
editHolland made his debut in 2011. He represented both his state and country in 2010 while attending St Edmund's College, Canberra. Holland played Australian Schoolboys alongside former 7s teammate Tom Cusack. In 2012, Holland and Cusack reunited in Australian colours again at the IRB Junior World Championship. Representative Honours include Australian Schoolboys (2010), Australian Under 20s (2012) and the Rugby World Cup in 2013, where he scored a try.[1]
Holland competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
Holland was a member of the Australian men's rugby seven's squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team came third in their pool round and then lost to Fiji 19-nil in the quarterfinal.[3] Full details.
Rebels
editAs a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Holland signed-on to play for Super Rugby team Melbourne Rebels during the temporary 2020 Super Rugby AU season.[4]
Super Rugby statistics
edit- As of 12 June 2021[5]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 2020 AU | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 AU | Rebels | 3 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 TT | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
edit- ^ "Lewis Holland". rugby.com.au. 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ Newman, Beth (10 June 2020). "Sevens duo to join Rebels for Super Rugby AU". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.
External links
edit- Lewis Holland at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Lewis Holland at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Lewis Holland at Olympics.com
- Lewis Holland at Olympedia
- Lewis Holland at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Lewis Holland at the Australian Olympic Committee
