Elijah Hollands

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Elijah Hollands
Personal information
Full name Elijah Hollands
Date of birth (2002-04-25) 25 April 2002 (age 20)
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) Murray Bushrangers (NAB League)
Wodonga (O & M Football League)
Draft No.7, 2020 AFL draft
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Gold Coast
Number 36
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2022– Gold Coast 1 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 18 2022.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Elijah Hollands is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League.

Early life[]

Hollands was born in Adelaide, South Australia.[1] His father, Ben, was a professional Australian rules footballer who played 8 AFL games for Richmond in 1999 as well as spending years on Sydney and Port Adelaide's AFL lists.[2] Hollands lived the first nine years of his life in Adelaide before relocating to Wodonga on the Victoria-New South Wales border.

He didn't start playing football until he began with Auskick at the Wodonga Bulldogs[3] going on to play junior football in the Ovens & Murray Football League and made his senior debut for the club at 16 years of age.[4] Leading into his final year of junior football, Hollands was touted as a potential number one draft pick before tearing his ACL and missing the entirety of the 2020 NAB League season.[5] Despite his injury, he was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with pick 7 in the 2020 AFL draft.[6]

AFL career[]

Hollands made his AFL debut in QClash 23 against the Brisbane Lions in round 19 of the 2022 AFL season and kicked two goals in his first game, including a goal with his first kick.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "McDonald vs. Thilthorpe: Who should the Crows pick at No. 1?". ESPN Australia. 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Son of former Tiger hopes for more than 15 minutes of fame". The Age. 6 December 2020.
  3. ^ AFL Record. Round 22, 2022. pg 58
  4. ^ "Former O and M star's son headlines a raft of changes in O and M selections". The Border Mail. 9 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Potential number one draft pick Elijah Hollands suffers season ending ACL injury". Herald Sun. 26 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Elijah Hollands joins the SUNS with pick 7". Gold Coast Suns. 9 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Elijah Hollands joins the first kick, first goal club". AFL Twitter. 23 July 2022.

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