On 2 May, he again played on the wing for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis, scoring a try and kicking 1 goal in the 22-20 win. Holmes played for Cronulla-Sutherland in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines. On 18 October, Holmes played on the wing for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis at Mt Smart Stadium, scoring two tries in the 14–15 loss. On 12 September, he pledged his allegiance to Australia. A day later he was named in the New Zealand Kiwis train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations. On 8 September, Holmes was named in the 2014 Junior Kangaroos train-on squad. Holmes was named at wing in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year. Holmes finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 6 matches and scoring 3 tries. In Round 23 against the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park, Holmes scored his first NRL try in the 6–48 loss. On 6 August, he extended his contract with the Cronulla club from the end of 2015, to the end of 2017. In Round 21, Holmes made his NRL debut for Cronulla-Sutherland against the Parramatta Eels on the wing in the 32–12 loss at Remondis Stadium filling in for Sosaia Feki who succumbed to an injury before the match. He played for the Queensland Under 20s team at fullback in the 30–8 loss to the Under 20s New South Wales team at Penrith Stadium. In February, Holmes was selected in the Cronulla Auckland Nines squad. Holmes played 33 games, scored 24 tries and kicked 53 goals for 202 points in his U20s career from 2013 to 2015. In December 2013, Holmes was named in the 2014 Queensland Academy of Sport Under 20s Emerging Origin squad. In September 2013, Holmes, whose father is from New Zealand, was named in the 2013 Junior Kiwis train-on squad. Later that year, he made his debut for the Sharks NYC team, scoring 17 tries in 10 games and played representative rugby league for the Queensland Under 18s team. Holmes moved to Sydney in 2013 to play for the Cronulla-Sutherland SG Ball Cup team. He played his junior rugby league in Townsville for the Western Lions, before being signed by National Rugby League club, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, in 2012 at the age of 17. He has three older brothers, and an older sister. Holmes was born in Townsville, Queensland to a Cook Islands mother and a New Zealand father. In 2019, spent several months on the practice squad for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) as a part of the league's International Player Pathway Program. At representative level he has played for Queensland in the State of Origin series. He began his career with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League, with whom he won the 2016 NRL Premiership. Valentine Holmes (born 24 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays across the backline as a centre, fullback or winger for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL and Australia at international level.
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