a fourth All-Ireland medal after the 0-18 to 0-15 victory. Kilkenny Senior Holden was drafted onto the Kilkenny senior team in advance of the 2014 National League. He made his first appearance for the team on 16 February 2014 when he lined out at right wing-back in a 1-16 to 0-18 defeat by Clare. He was again at right wing-back when Kilkenny faced Tipperary in the National League final on 4 May 2014. Holden ended the game with a winners' medal following the 2-25 to 1-27 victory. On 6 July 2014, he won a Leinster Championship medal after lining out at right wing-back in Kilkenny's 0-24 to 1-09 defeat of Dublin in the Leinster final. On 7 September 2014, Holden was again at right wing-back when Kilkenny drew 3-22 to 1-28 with Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. Holden was dropped from the starting fifteen for the replay on 27 September 2014 but was introduced on two occasions as a temporary substitute for both Jackie Tyrrell and J. J. Delaney. He ended the game with an All-Ireland medal following the 2-17 to 2-14 victory. On 8 December 2014 Holden was nominated for the captaincy of the Kilkenny senior team. He won a second successive Leinster Championship medal on 5 July 2015 after captaining the team from full-back to a 1-25 to 2-15 defeat of Galway in the Leinster final. On 6 September 2015, Holden again captained the team from full-back for the All-Ireland final against Galway. He ended the game with a second successive All-Ireland medal following the 1-22 to 1-18 victory while he also had the honour of lifting the Liam MacCarthy Cup as captain. Holden was later included in the full-back position on the All-Star team. Holden won a third successive Leinster Championship medal on 3 July 2016 following a 1-26 to 0-22 defeat of Galway in the final. He was again at full-back for the All-Ireland final against Tipperary on 4 September 2016. Holden ended the game on the losing side following a 2-29 to 2-20 defeat. On 8 April 2018, Holden was at right corner-back when Kilkenny faced Tipperary in the National League final. He ended the game with a second winners' medal following the 2-23 to 2-17 victory. Holden was switched to right wing-back when Kilkenny drew 0-18 apiece with Galway in the Leinster final on 1 July 2018. He retained the position for the replay