David Hollis is only 15 but he’s showing great promise and has a bright sporting future in front of him.
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The Wauchope High student made the NSW under-15 schoolboys rugby league side last week, and in December, he’ll move down to Sydney to start a three-year contract with the junior Parramatta Eels.
David started playing for the Wauchope Blues when he was seven.
“I just loved it from the first time I put my boots on. I played a lot and kicked a ball a lot at home.”
His father, Rod, coaches the local team and is thrilled that David has done so well.
This year, David was in the Newcastle Knights juniors, which meant travelling up and down to the city two nights a week and a game most Saturdays, sometimes as far away as Sydney.
He’ll continue his education at Hills Sports High and live in a house with four other rugby league players from the Parramatta Juniors.
I go for the Bulldogs, ever since my Nan bought me a Bulldogs jumper when I was little. But playing for the junior Eels doesn’t worry me. They’ll be paying me, which is good.
- David Hollis
Letitia Fitzpatrick
Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.
Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.
