Men's Health Australia

Abbey Holmes

The World According to Abbey Holmes

“I WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT ME AND SEE A WOMAN WHO NEVER GIVES UP”

YOU CAN DRAW several parallels between playing professional footy and surviving on a remote island. Both require a fair degree of physical strength – and a clever game plan. And if you can make it through the long days and nights away from family and friends without resorting to calling your football ‘Wilson’, then you might just make it out alive.

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