Talei Holmes

Talei Holmes
Personal information
Born (2000-03-23) 23 March 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
2020–22 St George Illawarra 10 0 0 0 0
2023– Cronulla Sharks 9 0 0 0
Total 19 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Fiji 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 5 November 2023

Talei Holmes (born 23 March 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Cronulla Sharks 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.[2][3]

In 2019, Holmes moved up to the Sharks' NSWRL Women's Premiership team.[4] On 22 June 2019, she started at second-row for Fiji in their 28–0 win over Papua New Guinea.[5]

2020

On 24 September, Holmes joined the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.[6] 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.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Talei Holmes - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Junior Reps Round 5". Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. 10 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Tarsha Sharks primed for Grand Final success". Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. ^ "EISS Women's Sharks ready to rumble". Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. ^ St John, Mark; Whaley, Pamela (21 June 2019). "Representative Round ultimate guide: Everything you need to know about rugby league's stand-alone weekend". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Dragons confirm 2020 NRL Women's Premiership squad". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 24 September 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  7. ^ "NRLW late mail: Round 1 v Roosters". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 3 October 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2020.