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Leia Brebner-Holden
Leia Brebner-Holden (born 26 May 2002), is an English born Scottish rugby union player who often plays Scrum-half. She plays for Gloucester-Hartpury in Premiership Women's Rugby, Cheltenham Tigers Women in the English second division, as well as the Scotland national team. BiographyBorn in Taunton, Somerset to an English father and a Scottish mother, Brebner-Holden began playing rugby union in the United Arab Emirates, with the Al Ain Amblers club age 9 she also played for the UAE Sand Cats.[1] When she returned to the UK, she earned rugby scholarships with Hartpury College and University.[1] She then went on to join Gloucester-Hartpury where she was duel-registered with local second division club Cheltenham Tigers Women.[2] She was selected for the 2024 Six Nations by Scotland team, where head coach Bryan Easson considered her to be "the 24th/25th player in the team", on the doorstep of the selection.[3][4] During the summer of 2024, she played with the Scottish Under-20 team at the Six Nations Summer Series in Italy.[5][1] She was named in the squad for the 2024 WXV 2 tournament.[6] Brebner-Holden won her first cap in a warm-up match against Wales[7] and made her first starting XV appearance in Scotland's last game of the tournament proper against Australia.[8][9] In October 2024, she joined Loughborough Lightning.[10] References
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