Lewis Holland (born 14 January 1993) is a professional
rugby union player who represents
Australia
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in
rugby sevens. Born in
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan ( ) is a city in the south-eastern region of New South Wales, Australia, located adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory in the Southern Tablelands region. Located on the Queanbeyan River, the city is the council seat of the ...
,
New South Wales and playing for
Queanbeyan Whites
The Queanbeyan Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. They have earned the nickname 'Queanbeyan Whites' due to the colour of their playing jersey. The club competes in the ACTRU Premier Division.
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at a club level, he debuted for Australia in February 2011. As of December 2015, he had 28 caps.
Rugby career
Holland made his debut in 2011. He represented both his state and country in 2010 while attending
St Edmund's College, Canberra
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. 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.
Holland competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
.
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.
Full details.
Rebels
As a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic, Holland signed-on to play for
Super Rugby
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team
Melbourne Rebels during the temporary 2020
Super Rugby AU season.
Super Rugby statistics
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1993 births
Australian rugby union players
Male rugby sevens players
Australia international rugby sevens players
Living people
Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic rugby sevens players of Australia
Melbourne Rebels players
Rugby union fly-halves
Rugby union centres
Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics