Elijah Hollands

Elijah Hollands is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Suns and the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Early life

Hollands was born in Adelaide, South Australia. 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. 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 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. 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. Despite his injury, he was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with pick 7 in the 2020 AFL draft.

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. He received a Rising Star Nomination two weeks later in round 21 against, collecting 23 disposals and kicking two goals.

Hollands was traded to following the 2023 AFL season, joining his younger brother Ollie.