John Holtby

John Norman Holtby (born 27 March 1982 in Beverley)^[1] is a rugby union player currently playing wing for Birmingham & Solihull. He has played play premiership rugby for Leicester Tigers and Leeds (now Yorkshire Carnegie) and has participated in the Heineken Cup.^[2]

Rugby career

Holtby started playing rugby at the age of ten for his local club in Beverley. He went on to play for Hull Ionians and Loughborough University^{[citation needed]} before joining the academy at Leicester Tigers.^[2]

He played premiership rugby for Leicester Tigers in the 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons, second tier rugby for Earth Titans (Rotherham) in the 2005-06 season and premiership rugby for Leeds in the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons.^[2]

After he left Leeds he played for Stourbridge before joining Birmingham & Solihull.^{[citation needed]}

Holtby attended Hull Grammar School where he also took part in athletics and football and he has represented Great Britain in athletics.^[2]

He studied Engineering and Sports Technology^[2] at Loughborough University.^{[citation needed]}

He was a fitness coach on the Gladiators TV show.^{[citation needed]}

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