Shute Shield: Happy Holmes Back on the Big Stage
by Paul Cook -
Ask most shrewd judges in and around Sydney club rugby for their opinion on Josh Holmes and they’ll all say the same thing –“I can’t believe he hasn’t got a Super Rugby contract.” And if you’d had the pleasure of watching his performances for Warringah over the last 12 months, you’d find it pretty difficult to make a case against him being one of the top fifteen scrumhalves in the country.
Blessed with pace, power and size for a scrummie – 6ft 2in and 94 kilos to be exact – his game smarts from his time in Super Rugby make him a stand out in club land as well as his knack of finding the chalk, with 16 tries last season and five to his na