Lewis Holland (born 14 January 1993) is a professional

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player who represents

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rugby sevens Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...

. Born in

Queanbeyan Queanbeyan ( ) is a city in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia, located adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory in the Southern Tablelands region. Located on the Queanbeyan River, the city is the council seat of the Queanbeyan-Pale ...

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and playing for Queanbeyan Whites at a club level, he debuted for Australia in February 2011. As of December 2015, he had 28 caps.

Rugby career

Holland made his debut in 2011. He represented both his state and country in 2010 while attending

St Edmund's College, Canberra St Edmund's College, Canberra is an independent Catholic primary and secondary school for boys, located in Griffith, a suburb of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia. The college was established in 1954 by the Christ ...

. Holland played Australian Schoolboys alongside former 7s teammate Tom Cusack. In 2012, Holland and Cusack reunited in Australian colours again at the IRB Junior World Championship. Representative Honours include Australian Schoolboys (2010), Australian Under 20s (2012) and the Rugby World Cup in 2013, where he scored a try. Holland competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. Holland was a member of the Australian men's rugby seven's squad at the

Tokyo 2020 Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. The team came third in their pool round and then lost to Fiji 19-nil in the quarterfinal. Full details.

Rebels

As a result of the

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pandemic, Holland signed-on to play for

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the S ...

team

Melbourne Rebels The Melbourne Rebels were an Australian professional rugby union team based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria that competed in the Super Rugby competition. The Rebels made their debut in SANZAAR, SANZAR's Super Rugby tournament in 2011. T ...

during the temporary 2020

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season.

Super Rugby statistics

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Lewis 1993 births Australian rugby union players Male rugby sevens players Australia international rugby sevens players Living people Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Australia Melbourne Rebels players Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union centres Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Queanbeyan People educated at St Edmund's College, Canberra 21st-century Australian sportsmen