- Source: Leia Brebner-Holden
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
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. When she returned to the UK, she earned rugby scholarships with Hartpury College and University. She then went on to join Gloucester-Hartpury where she was duel-registered with local second division club Cheltenham Tigers Women.
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. During the summer of 2024, she played with the Scottish Under-20 team at the Six Nations Summer Series in Italy. She was named in the squad for the 2024 WXV 2 tournament. Brebner-Holden won her first cap in a warm-up match against Wales and made her first starting XV appearance in Scotland's last game of the tournament proper against Australia.
In October 2024, she joined Loughborough Lightning.
References
External links
Scottish Player Profile