Abbey Holmes | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 7 January 1991 | ||
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 | |||
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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). She 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.