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Talei Holmes
Personal information
Born (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 24)
Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020– St George Illawarra 3 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Fiji 1 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP
As of 27 October 2020

Talei Holmes (born 23 May 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a second-rower, she is a Fiji representative.

Background

Holmes was born in Sutherland, New South Wales and played her junior rugby league for Cronulla-Caringbah. She is of Fijian descent.

Playing career

In 2017 and 2018, Holmes played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the Tarsha Gale Cup, winning a premiership with the team in 2018.[1][2]

In 2019, Holmes moved up to the Sharks' NSWRL Women's Premiership team.[3] On 22 June 2019, she started at second-row for Fiji in their 28–0 win over Papua New Guinea.[4]

2020

On 24 September, Holmes joined the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.[5] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons in a 4–18 loss to the Sydney Roosters.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Junior Reps Round 5". Cronulla Sharks. 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Tarsha Sharks primed for Grand Final success". Cronulla Sharks. 4 May 2018.
  3. ^ "EISS Women's Sharks ready to rumble". Cronulla Sharks. 10 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Representative Round ultimate guide: Everything you need to know about rugby league's stand-alone weekend". Fox Sports. 21 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Dragons confirm 2020 NRL Women's Premiership squad". St George Illawarra Dragons. 24 September 2020.
  6. ^ "NRLW late mail: Round 1 v Roosters". St George Illawarra Dragons. 3 October 2020.