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16 Facts About Billy Holland

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Billy Holland was born on 3 August 1985 and is an Irish former rugby union player, who spent his entire career playing for his native province of Munster, whilst earning a single international cap for Ireland.

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Billy Holland played primarily as a lock, though played flanker occasionally, and represented Cork Constitution in the All-Ireland League.

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Billy Holland was part of the Munster team that narrowly lost to New Zealand on 18 November 2008, in the opening game of the new Thomond Park.

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Billy Holland signed a new two-year contract with Munster in March 2012.

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Billy Holland signed a new two-year contract with Munster in February 2014, which will see him remain with the province until at least June 2016.

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Billy Holland was nominated for the 2015 Munster Rugby Senior Player of the Year Award in April 2015.

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Billy Holland was nominated for the 2016 Munster Senior Player of the Year Award, the second successive season he was nominated.

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Billy Holland signed a one-year contract extension with the province in February 2020.

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Billy Holland had represented Ireland Schools, Ireland under 19s and Ireland under 21s.

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Billy Holland started for Emerging Ireland their second 2014 IRB Nations Cup game against Uruguay on 18 June 2014, scoring a try.

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Billy Holland was added to the senior Ireland squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship game against England on 24 February 2015.

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Billy Holland was named in the Emerging Ireland squad for the 2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup on 19 May 2015.

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On 26 October 2016, Billy Holland was named in Ireland's squad for the 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals.

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On 23 January 2017, Billy Holland was named in the Ireland squad for the opening two rounds of the 2017 Six Nations Championship.

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Billy Holland was awarded the Contribution to Irish Society accolade at the Irish Rugby Players Awards in October 2020.

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Billy Holland was the recipient of the 2021 Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland's Tom Rooney Award in recognition of his contribution to Irish rugby.

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