John Norman Holtby (born 27 March 1982 in Beverley) is a rugby union player currently playing wing for Birmingham & Solihull. He has played play premiership rugby for Leicester Tigers and Leeds (now Yorkshire Carnegie) and has participated in the Heineken Cup.
Holtby started playing rugby at the age of ten for his local club in Beverley. He went on to play for Hull Ionians and Loughborough University before joining the academy at Leicester Tigers.
He played premiership rugby for Leicester Tigers in the 2002âÂÂ03, 2003âÂÂ04 and 2004âÂÂ05 seasons, second tier rugby for Earth Titans (Rotherham) in the 2005âÂÂ06 season and premiership rugby for Leeds in the 2006âÂÂ07 and 2007âÂÂ08 seasons.
After he left Leeds he played for Stourbridge before joining Birmingham & Solihull.
Holtby attended Hull Grammar School where he also took part in athletics and football and he has represented Great Britain in athletics.
He studied Engineering and Sports Technology at Loughborough University.
He was a fitness coach on the Gladiators TV show.