Lewis Holland

Fast Facts

Sport: Rugby Sevens
Event: Men's Rugby Sevens
Olympic History: Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020
Year Born: 1993
State Born: NSW

About Lewis

Lewis Holland was an impressive rugby player in high school, representing both his state and country in 2010 as a member of the Australian Schoolboys team. He joined the Brumbies Academy when he graduated school, playing the fifteen man game before he turned his attention to sevens at the age of 18.

He made his sevens debut in 2011 and played in the 2013 World Cup, but he was ruled out of the 2014 Commonwealth Games due to injury. A strong 2015/16 World Series helped him book his spot in the final twelve for Rio as sevens made its Olympic debut.

Sadly Lewis’s Rio campaign didn’t last long as he went down with a hamstring injury in Australia’s opening match 31-14 loss to France. He went on to watch from the sidelines as the Aussies bowed out in the quarter-finals after going down 22-5 to South Africa. Losses to Argentina and France followed for Australia who finished the Games in eighth.

In July 2018, Lewis was named captain of the Rugby Sevens World Cup in San Francisco. Then, in the lead-up to the original Tokyo Olympics dates in 2020, Lewis was part of the Aussie line-ups that finished in the top-four three times.

Lewis was part of the final tournaments in the 2020 World Series before it was cancelled due to COVID.  The 28-year-old had a strong North American tour with a second-place finish in the Vancouver leg of the World Sevens Series, a fourth in Los Angeles, and a bronze medal in Hamilton, NZ.

After returning home to Australia, Lewis signed with Super Rugby team Melbourne Rebels during the 2020 season. 

Lewis made his second Olympic appearance at Tokyo 2020 and was handed the vice-captaincy, working alongside captain Nick Malouf. Australia would endure a tense group stage of the games, with only their 42-5 victory over South Korea pushing the Aussies to the quarter-finals. There they would face eventual gold-medalists Fiji and be kept scoreless, losing 19-0. Australia would achieve a 7th overall place at the games,  after defeating Canada 26-7 in their final match.