Terry Holmes

GB & Wales international rugby union & league footballer

Terence David Holmes (born 10 March 1957) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who won 25 caps for as a scrum half, and later played rugby league for Bradford Northern. Holmes was a highly physical player and being taller and heavier than most scrum halves of the time, he was known for his frequent close range tries especially following pick up from the back of the scrum and the break down.

Terry Holmes was born in Cardiff, Wales.

Holmes joined the Cardiff Youth side at the age of sixteen and also played for Wales Youth from 1974 to 1976 and in that time won a record number of caps.

Holmes played his entire rugby union career at Cardiff, the city of his birth. Following his appearances for the Youth team he appeared 214 times for the senior Cardiff RFC team, scoring 142 tries and was a key figure in the very successful Cardiff team during that period. During Holmes' time at Cardiff, the team won the Welsh Cup in 1981,1982 and 1984 and were finalists in 1977 and 1985. Holmes was club captain for the 1984–5 season.

At the age of 21, Holmes was given the task of filling the Wales scrum half position after the retirement of Gareth Edwards, and he won his first cap for Wales in 1978 against , scoring a try. He captained Wales for five matches in 1985 before leaving rugby union later that same year. but was forced to return home early through injury from both tours. However injuries meant that he only played 40 games for the club before his retirement two years later. He scored nine tries. Holmes played in Bradford Northern's 12–12 draw with Castleford in the 1987 Yorkshire County Cup Final at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on 17th October, but he did not play in the replay.