Valentine Holmes

Valentine Holmes

Personal information
Born	(1995-07-24) 24 July 1995 (age 21) Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position	Fullback, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014– Cronulla Sharks 67 40 15 3 193 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2016–17 Australia 5 2 0 0 8
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Valentine Holmes (born 24 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League. Holmes is an Australia international representative. He plays at fullback and wing.

Born in Townsville, Queensland, Holmes is of Cook Island and Māori descent. Holmes played his junior football for the Western Lions, before being signed by 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. 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. In December 2013, Holmes was named in the 2014 Queensland Academy of Sport Under 20s Emerging Origin squad.

In February, Holmes was selected in the Sharks Auckland Nines squad. 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. 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. On 6 August, He extended his contract with the Sharks from the end of 2015, to the end of 2017. In Round 23 against the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park, Holmes scored his first NRL try in the 6–48 loss. 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.