Valentine Holmes

Valentine Holmes
Personal information
Born (1995-07-24) 24 July 1995
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb; 13 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014– Cronulla-Sutherland 104 66 51 3 369
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–18 Australia 12 15 4 0 62
2017–18 Queensland 5 8 6 0 44
As of 24 February 2018
Source: [1]

Valentine Holmes (born 24 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks of the National Rugby League. An Australia national and also the Queensland State of Origin representative winger or fullback he has spent his entire career to date with the Sharks, with whom he won the 2016 NRL Premiership.

Background

Of Cook Islands, and Māori descent, Holmes was born in Townsville, Queensland on 24 July 1995.[2] Holmes played his junior football in Townsville for the Western Lions, before being signed by Sydney NRL club, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. In 2013, Holmes moved to Sydney to play for the Sharks' SG Ball Cup team. Later that year he made his debut for the Sharks NYC team, scoring 17 tries in 10 games.[3] In 2013, Holmes played for the Queensland Under 18s team. In September 2013, Holmes, whose father is from New Zealand, was named in the 2013 Junior Kiwis train-on squad.[4][5] In December 2013, Holmes was named in the 2014 Queensland Academy of Sport Under 20s Emerging Origin squad.[6]

Playing career

2014

In February, Holmes was selected in the Sharks Auckland Nines squad.[7] He played for the Queensland Under 20s team at fullback in the 30–8 loss to the Under 20's New South Wales team at Penrith Stadium.[8][9] In Round 21, Holmes made his NRL debut for the Sharks against the Parramatta Eels on the wing in the 32–12 loss at Remondis Stadium filling in for Sosaia Feki who succumbed to an injury before the match.[10] On 6 August, he extended his contract with the Sharks from the end of 2015, to the end of 2017.[11] In Round 23 against the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park, Holmes scored his first NRL try in the 6–48 loss.[12] Holmes finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 6 matches and scoring 3 tries. Holmes was named at wing in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year.[13]

On 8 September, Holmes was named in the 2014 Junior Kangaroos train-on squad. A day later he was named in the New Zealand Kiwis train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations.[14] On 12 September, he pledged his allegiance to Australia.[5] On 18 October, Holmes played on the wing for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis at Mt Smart Stadium, scoring two tries in the 14–15 loss.[15]

2015

Holmes played for the Sharks in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines.[16] On 2 May, he again played on the wing for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis, scoring a try and kicking 1 goal in the 22-20 win.[17][18] In Round 10 against the Gold Coast Titans, he kicked a field goal to win the match for the Sharks in their 23-22 golden-point extra-time victory at Cbus Super Stadium.[19] In Round 19 against the Canberra Raiders, he repeated his efforts, kicking another field goal in extra-time to win the match 21-20.[20] He finished off the season as the Sharks' highest try-scorer with 16 tries, as well as kicking 11 goals and 3 field goals in 25 matches.[21]

2016

Holmes was selected in the QAS Emerging Maroons squad,[22] but on 31 January, while in the Emerging Maroons camp, he broke curfew and was fined for public nuisance and obstructing Queensland Police. The QRL announced he would be excluded from its representative programs for the next 12 months.[23] He was then stood down from the Sharks' 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad after previously being named.[24] In Round 10 against the Newcastle Knights, he scored 4 tries in the Sharks 62-0 win.[25] Holmes was part of the squad which won the NRL Grand Final, 14-12 against the Melbourne Storm. Holmes finished the season playing 23 games and scoring 19 tries, once again the Sharks highest try scorer. Holmes was later selected for the Australian test side to face New Zealand on the 15 of November. Holmes scored a try on debut for the Australians in his side's 26-6 win.

2017

Holmes was selected to play for Australia in the 2017 ANZAC Test. Later that season, he was selected to make his State of Origin debut for Queensland in Game II, scoring a try. He was then selected in Game III, where he scored three tries.

After being named in Australia's 2017 Rugby League World Cup squad, Holmes set a Test and World Cup record by scoring five tries in the quarter-final against Samoa in Darwin. Only a week later, he broke his own record by scoring six tries in the semi-final against Fiji at Suncorp Stadium.[26] He set another record by scoring a total of twelve tries throughout the World Cup.

2018

In round 12 of the 2018 NRL season against the Newcastle Knights, Holmes scored a hat trick of tries in the Sharks' 48-10 win at Hunter Stadium.

References

  1. ↑ "Valentine Holmes - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. ↑ Sarah Harvey (2014-09-16). "Valentine Holmes snubs Kiwis for Kangaroos bid". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140810143805/http://www.ourfootyteam.com/cronulla_juniors_2013_footy_archives.php. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑
  5. 1 2 "Valentine Holmes Decides His Future Lay in australia and Not With New Zealand". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  6. ↑ "2014 Emerging Origin Squads announced (Queensland Academy of Sport)". Qasport.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Squads For Auckland Nines". Rugby League Week. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Queensland name Under-20s Origin team". NRL.com. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  9. ↑ "Mamo stars as under-20s Blues thump Maroons". NRL.com. 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  10. ↑ "Debutant Holmes a positive for defeated Sharks". NRL.com. 2014-08-02. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  11. ↑ "Exciting Cronulla Youngster Valentine Holmes Signs New Sharks NRL Deal". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140908134916/http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-match-report/melbourne-storm-obliterate-woeful-cronulla-sharks-20140816-104yl9.html. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ "Holden Cup Team Of The Year Announced". Rugby League Week. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  14. ↑ "New Zealand Pick Valentine Holmes in Four Nations Squad". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  15. ↑ Sarah Harvey (2014-10-18). "Junior Kiwis edge Junior Kangaroos in nailbiter". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  16. ↑ "SHARKS NAME 2015 NINES SQUAD". Rugby League Week. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  17. ↑ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  18. ↑ "Junior Roos hold on in thriller". NRL.com. 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  19. ↑ "Late Errors Cost Gold Coast Titans in Shattering Golden Point Loss to Cronulla Sharks". Goldcoastbulletin.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  20. ↑ "Cronulla Sharks heap more home misery on Canberra Raiders with golden point win". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  21. ↑ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  22. ↑ "Maroons name Emerging Origin squad". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  23. ↑ "Cronulla Sharks player Valentine Holmes fined for public nuisance, obstructing police in Queensland". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  24. ↑ "NRL Auckland Nines 2016: Valentine Holmes stood down by Sharks over police incident". Smh.com.au. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  25. ↑ "NRL 2016: Valentine Holmes stars as Cronulla Sharks embarrass Newcastle Knights". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  26. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/42107616
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