Lindsay Peat Explained

Lindsay Peat
Birth Date:5 November 1980 [1]
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Height: [2]
Weight:82kg [3]
School:Mercy College, Beaumont
University:Dublin City University
Children:Barra (b.2015)
Occupation:Clerical Officer, HSE
Ru Position:Prop
Years1:2015–
Ru Provinceyears1:2016–
Superyears1: 
Superapps1:33
Repyears1:2015–
Repcaps1:33
Reppoints1:20
Ru Sevensnationalyears1: 

Lindsay Peat is an Ireland women's rugby union international. Peat represented Ireland at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Peat is an all-round sportswoman. In addition to representing Ireland at women's rugby union, she has also played for the Republic of Ireland women's national association football team at U-18 level, captained the Ireland women's national basketball team and played senior Ladies' Gaelic football for . Between 2009 and 2014 she played in three All-Ireland finals. She was a member of the Dublin team that won the All-Ireland title in 2010 and she scored two goals in the 2014 final.

Early years and education

Peat was raised in Artane, Dublin[4] [5] [6] and attended Mercy College, Beaumont.[7] Between 2011 and 2015 Peat attended Dublin City University where she gained a BSc in Physical Education and Biology.[8] [9] [10]

Association football

In 1998 Peat represented the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in qualifiers for the 1999 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship, playing against England, the Netherlands and the Faroe Islands. Her teammates included future senior Republic of Ireland internationals Yvonne Tracy, Caroline Thorpe and Michelle Walsh as well as Elaine Harte, the future Cork senior ladies' football team goalkeeper.[7] [11] [12] [13]

Basketball

Lindsay Peat
Position:Point guard
Years1:2005–2014
2006–2010
Team1:DCU Mercy
Ireland

DCU Mercy

Peat began playing basketball at 13. Peat's mother, Marian, encouraged her to join a local basketball team in order to keep her occupied during the school summer holidays.[6] [10] Between 2005 and 2015 Peat played as a point guard for DCU Mercy, helping them win the 2007 and 2011 Basketball Ireland Women's Superleague titles.[14] [15] [16] [17] She also captained DCU Mercy to two National Cup wins in 2010 and 2011 [7] [18] and represented the team at intervarsity level.[19] In addition to playing for DCU Mercy, Peat has also served the club in various other capacities including club captain, coach, administrator and chairperson.[20]

Ireland international

Peat has represented the Ireland women's national basketball team at various age groups from U-16 to senior level.[20] She made her debut for the senior team in 2006 and was co-captain during the 2009–10 season.[7] [21] [22] She has also represented Ireland in EuroBasket Women qualifiers.[23] [24] [25]

Ladies' Gaelic football

Lindsay Peat
Sport:Ladies' Gaelic football
Code:Ladies' Football
County:Dublin
Province:Leinster GAA
Clyears:200x–201x
200x–201x
Clposition:Forward
Icyears:2009–2015
Icposition:Forward
Icallireland:1

Club level

Peat played Ladies' Gaelic football at club level for both DCU GAA and Parnells GAA. She was a member the DCU GAA team that won three O'Connor Cup between 2009 and 2011.[4] [9] [26] [27] [28] [29] Peat scored 0–4 as she helped Parnells win the 2015 Dublin Ladies Intermediate Championship.[30]

Inter-county

Peat represented at senior inter-county level and played in three All-Ireland finals, scoring 2–2. In 2009 she scored 0–1 as Dublin lost 1–9 to 0–11 to .[22] [31] [32] [33] In 2010 she scored 0–1 as Dublin defeated by 3–16 to 0–9.[34] [35] [36] In 2014 she scored 2–0 as Dublin lost 2–13 to 2–12 to Cork.[20] [22] [37] [38] [39] [40]

Rugby union

Club and province

Peat was encouraged to play women's rugby union by Graham Byrne, the Dundalk F.C. trainer. He had also worked with Peat as a basketball strength and conditioning coach. Byrne's cousin, Shirley Corcoran, was the director of rugby union at Railway Union and in 2015 Peat eventually accepted a long-standing invitation to try out for the Sandymount club.[4] Peat has also represented Leinster in the IRFU Women's Interprovincial Series.[41] [42] [43] [44]

Ireland international

Within months of taking up women's rugby union, Peat was fast-tracked into the Ireland team by Tom Tierney. On 14 November 2015 she made her international debut when she came on as a replacement in an 8–3 defeat against England in an Autumn International at Twickenham Stoop. This was only Peat's eighth ever rugby union match.[4] [7] [13] [45] [46]

She represented Ireland at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup and was voted Ireland Women's Player of the Year.[47]

Peat has played for Ireland in the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 Women's Six Nations.[48]

Personal life

Peat has works a clerical officer for the Health Service Executive. She is married and has one son, Barra,[5] [8] [10] [46]

She is a vocal advocate for gay rights and was an ambassador for the 2019 Union Cup when she revealed that she only came out to her family and friends when she was 30.[49]

In 2020, the Irish Examiner newspaper named her ninth in the Top 10 Most Influential Women in Irish sport.[50]

Honours

Gaelic football

DCU GAA
Parnells GAA

Basketball

DCU Mercy

Rugby union

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our 12 Leinster Girls in Green: Lindsay Peat. www.leinsterrugby.ie. 3 May 2018. 6 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Our 12 Leinster Girls in Green: Lindsay Peat. www.leinsterrugby.ie. 3 May 2018. 6 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Our 12 Leinster Girls in Green: Lindsay Peat. www.leinsterrugby.ie. 3 May 2018. 6 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Peat brings the heat to Irish rugby fifteen. dublingazette.com. 29 May 2017. 1 November 2017.
  5. Web site: An Irish mum's incredible story: 'It wasn't an easy transition but they were patient with me'. www.magicmum.com. 23 April 2018.
  6. Web site: By The Balls: Lindsay Peat, GAA And Basketball Player, Explains It All. stellar.ie. 5 March 2015. 1 November 2017.
  7. Web site: Peat ready to take next step on her epic journey. www.independent.ie. 1 February 2016. 1 November 2017.
  8. Web site: Lindsay Peat. ie.linkedin.com. 22 April 2018.
  9. Web site: DCU students take to the pitch for Dublin. www.dcu.ie. 25 September 2014. 22 April 2018.
  10. Web site: Peat ready for the next challenge in a packed sporting life. www.rte.ie. 7 August 2017. 23 April 2018.
  11. Web site: Different codes, same goal for netminders. www.irishtimes.com. 28 September 2013. 21 April 2018.
  12. Web site: Føroyar - Írland 0 - 2. www.faroesoccer.com. 23 November 1998. 21 April 2018.
  13. Web site: Multi-tasking Peat burns bright as rugby becomes latest pursuit. www.irishtimes.com. 19 November 2015. 1 November 2017.
  14. Web site: DCU Mercy wins Women's Superleague final. www.rte.ie. 14 June 2007 . 3 May 2018.
  15. Web site: UL Aughinish v DCU Mercy - Women's Superleague Final Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 25 March 2007. 3 May 2018.
  16. Web site: Dubs dual star secures memorable double. hoganstand.com. 31 January 2011. 3 May 2018.
  17. Web site: DCU Mercy v UL - Basketball Ireland Women's Superleague Cup Final Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 22 April 2018. 3 February 2012.
  18. Web site: Team Montenotte Hotel Cork v DCU Mercy - Basketball Ireland Women's National Cup Semi-Final Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 3 May 2018. 10 January 2015.
  19. Web site: DCU Ladies Basketball win National Varsity Title. www.dcu.ie. 16 April 2012. 22 April 2018.
  20. Web site: Lindsay Peat Wins Inaugural SSI Leadership Award. www.studentsport.ie. 13 November 2014. 22 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180517152954/http://www.studentsport.ie/?p=10970. 17 May 2018. dead.
  21. Web site: Peat glad of Ireland comeback . dublingazette.com. 26 March 2015. 3 May 2018.
  22. Web site: These 10 top Irish female athletes have experienced the wrath of Cork. www.the42.ie. 25 February 2018. 24 September 2015.
  23. Web site: Ireland v Iceland - Senior Women's Basketball European C'ship - Division B - Group A Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 3 May 2018. 6 September 2008.
  24. Web site: Ireland v Netherlands - Senior Women's Basketball European Championship Qualifier Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 3 May 2018. 29 August 2009.
  25. Web site: Ireland v Montenegro - Senior Women's European Championship Qualifier Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 3 May 2018. 15 August 2009.
  26. Web site: UCC v DCU - O'Connor Cup Ladies Football Semi-Final Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 23 April 2018. 20 March 2015.
  27. Web site: UL claim Irish Examiner O' Connor Cup. www.irishexaminer.com. 23 April 2018. 21 March 2015.
  28. Web site: Peat: Ladies sport in need of financial investment. www.thecollegeview.com. 23 April 2018. 28 November 2012.
  29. Web site: UL turned on the style against DCU to retain the O'Connor Cup. www.the42.ie. 23 April 2018. 21 March 2015.
  30. Web site: Our Senior Ladies Crowned Intermediate Champions. www.parnellsgaa.ie. 12 August 2015. 23 April 2018.
  31. Web site: Cork's craft and guile gets them over the line at Croke Park. www.irishtimes.com. 28 September 2009. 16 March 2018.
  32. Web site: TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football Final – Cork v Dublin. munster.gaa.ie. 27 September 2009. 16 March 2018.
  33. Web site: Cork v Dublin - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 16 March 2018. 27 September 2009.
  34. Web site: TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship final. ladiesgaelic.ie. 29 September 2010. 4 April 2018.
  35. Web site: Dublin Ladies complete maiden win of All-Ireland Football title. www.breakingnews.ie. 26 September 2010. 4 April 2018.
  36. Web site: Dublin v Tyrone - TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football Championship Final Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 26 September 2010. 4 April 2018.
  37. Web site: All Ireland Ladies Football Senior Final – Cork 2-13 Dublin 2-12. munster.gaa.ie. 28 September 2014. 12 April 2018.
  38. Web site: Resilient Cork capitalise on Dublin capitulation to win All-Ireland Ladies Football title. www.rte.ie. 29 September 2014. 12 April 2018.
  39. Web site: As It Happened: Dublin v Cork, All-Ireland ladies senior football final. www.the42.ie. 28 September 2014. 12 April 2018.
  40. Web site: Cork v Dublin - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 12 April 2018. 28 September 2014.
  41. Web site: Our 12 Leinster Girls in Green: Lindsay Peat. www.leinsterrugby.ie. 3 May 2018. 6 August 2017.
  42. Web site: Preview: 2017 Women's Interprovincial Series. www.leinsterrugby.ie. 13 February 2018. 29 November 2017.
  43. Web site: Leinster Women Get Interprovincial-Series Off To A Winning Start. www.leinsterrugby.ie. 13 February 2018. 4 December 2017.
  44. Web site: Ulster v Leinster - Women's Interprovincial Rugby Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 17 February 2018. 3 December 2017.
  45. Web site: England women edge to Ireland win at Twickenham Stoop. www.bbc.co.uk. 14 November 2015. 14 May 2018.
  46. Web site: Young son inspires Lindsay Peat's push for rugby glory. www.irishtimes.com. 11 May 2017. 1 November 2017.
  47. Web site: 14 May 2017. "I didn't take it as a malicious attack on my sexuality": Lindsay Peat on overcoming sledging. www.the42.ie. 22 April 2018.
  48. Web site: 2018 Women's Six Nations: The crazy career of Ireland prop Lindsay Peat. www.bbc.co.uk. 14 March 2018. 16 May 2018.
  49. Web site: Lindsay Peat a victim of homophobic sledge during All-Ireland football final .
  50. News: Ireland's unrelenting sportswomen: The most influential and inspiring female athletes in the country . Irish Examiner . Cliona . Foley . 7 October 2020 . 1 February 2022 .

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