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Terry Holmes - Scrum-half

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Terry Holmes
Height185
Weight83
Date Of Birth10/03/1957
Place Of BirthCardiff
EducationBishop Hannan School
ClubsCardiff
HonoursWales, British and Irish Lions, Wales Schools, Wales Youth RU
InvitationalCrawshays, Barbarians
ManagedCaerphilly, Cardiff
Terry Holmes joined Cardiff Youth at the age of 16 and progressed through to the senior side making his first team debut in 1975. A robust scrum half he was happy running with ball in hand or taking on any opposing back-row. His partnership with Gareth Davies was a major factor in Cardiff being regarded as the best club team in the world at the time. Holmes played against all the major touring nations for the Blue and Blacks including the Grand Slam winning Australian side of 1984 a game that Cardiff won 16 - 12. His retirement from rugby union came in 1985, ten years after his debut, when he became one of the big names to “go north” to join Bradford for £80,000. Injuries curtailed his rugby league career and he retired from rugby two years later.
He won 25 Wales caps and was selected for two British and Irish Lions tours - to South Africa in 1980 and to New Zealand in 1983. 
After retirement from playing he went into coaching, becoming Head Coach at the Arms Park from 1996 to 1997 and later joining the coaching staff at Caerphilly.
In 1999 Terry Holmes joined the Cardiff Rugby Hall of Fame. Further details of his career can be found in that section of the club website.
PLAYER FOR P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
Wales 25 13 1 11 9 0 0 0 36
British and Irish Lions 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 26 13 1 12 9 0 0 0 36
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Newport 22 19 0 3 725 396 94
Llandovery 21 19 0 2 690 331 90
Ebbw Vale 20 14 0 6 615 384 71
Cardiff 21 12 1 8 579 492 63
Pontypridd 21 10 1 10 470 501 53
Pontypool 19 11 0 8 480 455 51
Merthyr 18 10 0 8 458 470 49
Aberavon 20 8 0 12 462 556 46
Bridgend Ravens 20 8 0 12 423 539 41
Swansea 19 5 0 14 377 540 30
RGC 1404 18 5 0 13 354 489 28
Carmarthen Quins 19 4 0 15 416 541 28
Neath 20 3 0 17 330 685 19