Jonah Holmes
| Birth name | Jonah Howard S. Holmes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 July 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stockport, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Andy Holmes (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jonah Holmes (born July 24, 1992, in Stockport, England)[1] is an English rugby union winger who currently plays for Leicester Tigers.
Career
Holmes played junior rugby for London Scottish until the age of 16[2] but then left to only play with his school St Benedict's School, Ealing where he was considered a star in the making.[3]
Holmes initially played scrum half but during a loan spell with Henley Hawks he switched to the back three playing wing and full back.[4] At the suggestion of Lyn Jones, who was his coach during a brief spell at London Welsh, he concentrated solely on the back three.[2]
In 2013 Holmes joined Leeds Carnegie, since renamed Yorkshire Carnegie, on loan from London Wasps.[5] Holmes scored six tries in his first six games for the Yorkshire side.[6] Holmes made the move permanent in the summer, as part of a swap deal with Glyn Hughes.[7] On 23 December 2013, after scoring 22 tries in 34 games, signed a new long term deal with Yorkshire.[8]
On 1 June 2017 it was announced that Holmes would join Leicester Tigers for the 2017–18 season.[9]
Personal Life
Holmes is the nephew of Olympic-gold medal winning rower Andy Holmes and is a graduate in Biomedical sciences from Birkbeck, University of London.[10]
References
- ^ "Jonah Holmes". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b "20 Questions: Jonah Holmes – Yorkshire Carnegie wing". The Rugby Paper. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Jonah Holmes inspires St Benedict's to famous victory over St Paul's". Daily Mail. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Young Gun: Jonah Holmes – Wasps and Henley full-back". The Rugby Paper. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Jonah Holmes is ideal for Leeds Carnegie". Bradford Telegraph & Argus. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Holmes relishing his education at Leeds". 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Wasps swap Jonah Holmes for Yorkshire's Glyn Hughes". 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Future looks bright for Holmes with new deal". Yorkshire Post. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Tigers add duo to backline options" (Press release). Leicester Tigers. 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Championship Tales: Jonah Holmes". RFU.com. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.