Leia Brebner-Holden
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| Date of birth | 26 May 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Taunton, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Biography
[edit]Born 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
[edit]- ^ a b c "Leia Brebner-Holden". Scottish Rugby. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Halliwell, Mark (22 February 2024). "Gloucester-Hartpury surge to top after sinking Sale - women's rugby round-up". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Scotland Women's Six Nations squad 2024 - Smith in at 15". Rugby World. 25 April 2024. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Heatly, Gary (5 September 2024). "Scotland women and the 14 month journey – the Wales week: Young backs Brebner-Holden and Scott backed to take chance if it comes off the bench – GH Media". GH Media. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Gunderson and Brebner-Holden return for final Summer Series match against Ireland". Scottish Rugby. 12 July 2024. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Scotland squad named for WXV 2 competition". Scottish Rugby. 27 August 2024. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Leia Brebner-Holden: Scotland debut against Wales 'unbelievable' for scrum-half". BBC Sport. 7 September 2024. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Brebner-Holden starts for Scots in Aussie decider". BBC Sport. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Brebner-Holden set to make first start against Australia". Scottish Rugby. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "News // Lightning sign Scotland scrum-half Leia Brebner-Holden". Northampton Saints. Loughborough Lightning. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.