Peter Shiels

Peter Shiels
Personal information
Full name	Peter Shiels
Nickname	Stretch
Born	(1973-09-04) 4 September 1973 Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1993	Penrith Panthers	5	0	0	0	0
1994	Wests Magpies	6	0	0	0	0
1995–97	Western Reds	48	4	0	0	16
1998–00	Newcastle Knights	61	12	0	0	48
2001–02	St Helens	47	11	0	0	44
	Total	167	27	0	0	108
Source: Rugby League Project

Peter Shiels (born 4 September 1973 in Bankstown, New South Wales), is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Penrith, Western Suburbs, Western Reds, Newcastle Knights in Australia and St Helens in the European Super League as a Second-row and as a Prop.

As Super League V champions, St Helens RLFC played against 2000 NRL Premiers, the Brisbane Broncos in the 2001 World Club Challenge. Shiels played at second-row forward in Saints' victory. Shiels played for St Helens RFC from the interchange bench in their 2002 Super League Grand Final victory against the Bradford Bulls.

Personal life

Peter is married to Linda (née Alexander), the sister of fellow retired Rugby League player, Greg Alexander. Mark Geyer, a good friend of Peter's, is married to Greg's other sister, Megan.

References

External links

St Helens RLFC squad – 2002 Super League champions

1 Paul Wellens 2 Darren Albert 3 Martin Gleeson 4 Paul Newlove 5 Anthony Stewart 6 Paul Sculthorpe 7 Sean Long 8 Darren Britt 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Barry Ward 11 Mike Bennett 12 Tim Jonkers 13 Chris Joynt 14 Sean Hoppe 15 Mickey Higham 16 John Stankevitch 17 Peter Shiels Coach: Ian Millward

St Helens RLFC squad – 2001 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Paul Wellens 2 Sean Hoppe 3 Kevin Iro 4 Paul Newlove 5 Anthony Sullivan 6 Tommy Martyn 7 Sean Long 8 David Fairleigh 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Sonny Nickle 11 Chris Joynt 12 Peter Shiels 13 Paul Sculthorpe 14 Steve Hall 15 Anthony Stewart 16 Vila Matautia 17 Tim Jonkers Coach: Ian Millward

St Helens RLFC squad – 2001 World Club Challenge winners

1 Paul Wellens 2 Sean Hoppe 3 Kevin Iro 4 Paul Newlove 5 Anthony Sullivan 6 Tommy Martyn 7 Sean Long 8 David Fairleigh 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Sonny Nickle 11 Chris Joynt 12 Peter Shiels 13 Paul Sculthorpe 14 Anthony Stewart 15 Vila Matautia 16 Tim Jonkers 17 John Stankevitch Coach: Ian Millward

Inaugural Western Reds side

v St. George Dragons, WACA Ground, 12 March 1995

1. Michael Potter 2. James Grant 3. Jeff Doyle 4. Tim Horan 5. Greg Fleming 6. Dale Fritz 7. Matthew Rodwell 8. Brett Goldspink 9. Matt Fuller 10. Rodney Howe 11. Mark Geyer 12. Peter Shiels 13. Brad Mackay (c) 14. David Boyd 15. Shaun Devine 16. Chris Ryan Coach: Peter Mulholland

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