OLIVER Holmes has the perfect answer to those that left him wondering if he was finished as a top line player – a Challenge Cup winners’ medal.
The back rower was dazed and confused after Warrington ditched him with two years left on his contract, nothing to do with the painkillers he was on after a knee operation a day later.
It meant doubts over whether he was up to the job and one main question, ‘Why?’
Now he can sit smiling after Leigh’s gang of gambles ended the club’s 52-year wait for Wembley glory with Lachlan Lam’s golden point drop goal.
“I was told I wasn’t wanted,” said Holmes. “It was an ego check, really upsetting and disappointing. It was the day before I had a knee operation too. My head was all over the place.