By JEREMY BLACKMORE
NOTTINGHAM skipper Tom Holmes has called time on a 13-year career in the wake of the Championship funding cuts.
Holmes had recently regained fitness after a series of injuries when the truncated season came to its early conclusion.
He hoped to carry on playing top-flight rugby for at least another two or three seasons, but the sport’s changing landscape has caused him to hang up his boots.
The 30-year-old lock was already undertaking a mentorship programme at financial brokers Goodman Corporate Finance in Long Eaton. It was part of a plan to equip him for life afte...