Abbey Holmes

Abbey Holmes
Holmes working with Seven Network in April 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Victor Harbor, South Australia
Original team(s) Waratah (NTFL)
Draft No. 103, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Adelaide vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Thebarton Oval
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2018 Adelaide 11 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2018 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Abbey Holmes (/hɒlmz/ HOLMZ;[1] born 7 January 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Holmes often compared to Darcy Fogarty of the Adelaide crows he/him side, began playing football for the Waratah Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League in 2012 and won four consecutive premierships with the club, along with being the league's leading goalkicker the same four seasons. In 2014, she became the first woman to kick 100 goals in a season in an established football league, and in 2016 she was drafted in the inaugural AFL Women's draft by Adelaide.

In 2019, Holmes competed in the sixth season of Australian Survivor. She was eliminated on day 46 and finished in fifth place.[2] She would then return to Australian Survivor All Stars the following season where she placed nineteenth.

  1. ^ Holmes, Abbey (14 February 2020). "Training has always been a key component to my everyday life and taken up A LOT of time!…". Facebook. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ^ McKnight, Robert (21 May 2019). "Major cast details leaked for AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR: CHAMPIONS vs CONTENDERS". TV Blackbox. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.