In a few weeks the 36 year old will take part in a Women’s Rugby World Cup only a matter of years since taking up the sport.

Name: Lindsay Peat

Club: Railway Union

Position: Prop

Born: Dublin, Nov 5, 1980

Height/Weight: 173cm/84kg

Caps: 12

Debut: v England, 2015 November International

Occupation: Teacher

World Cup Experience: First World Cup

Twitter: @lilypeat11

Did You Know: Like many of the players on the Ireland squad, Peat has performed at the very top level of other sports winning an All-Ireland Senior Football medal with Dublin in 2010, while also co-captaining the Irish basketball team that same year. Peat was also an underage soccer player for Ireland. Her transition to rugby was much later and her Ireland debut came at the tender age of 35. That being said she was most recently named the Irish Women’s Player of the Year at the recent Rugby Players Ireland Ball 2017. She is also an ambassador for the ‘Tackle Your Feelings’ campaign with Rugby Players Ireland.

WRWC 2017 Fixtures:

Pool C –

Ireland v Australia, UCD Bowl, 7pm, Wednesday, August 9
Ireland v Japan, UCD Bowl, 5.15pm, Sunday, August 13
France v Ireland, UCD Bowl, 7.45pm, Thursday, August 17

For more on the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup, visit the tournament website – www.rwcwomens.com. Any remaining match tickets for #WRWC2017 are now on www.ticketmaster.ie/wrwc2017.

IRELAND WRWC 2017 Squad – Backs (13): Niamh Briggs (UL Bohemians/Munster) (capt), Eimear Considine (UL Bohemians/Munster), Mairead Coyne (Galwegians/Connacht), Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemians/Munster) *, Jeamie Deacon (Blackrock/Leinster), Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock/Leinster), Claire McLaughlin (Cooke/Ulster), Alison Miller (Old Belvedere/Connacht), Larissa Muldoon (Railway Union), Jenny Murphy (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sene Naoupu (Harlequins), Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster).

Forwards (15): Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke/Ulster), Anna Caplice (UL Bohemians/Munster), Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/Leinster), Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Paula Fitzpatrick (St. Mary’s/Leinster), Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemians/Munster), Leah Lyons (Highfield/Munster), Claire Molloy (Bristol/Connacht), Cliodhna Moloney (Railway Union/Leinster), Heather O’Brien (Highfield/Munster), Ciara O’Connor (Galwegians/Connacht), Ruth O’Reilly (Galwegians/Connacht), Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/Leinster), Marie Louise Reilly (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sophie Spence (Old Belvedere/Leinster).

* Denotes uncapped player