Peter Shiels

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

Peter Shiels
Personal information
Full namePeter Shiels
Born (1973-09-04) 4 September 1973
Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, 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: [1]

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

Personal Life

Shiels is married to Linda (née Alexander), the sister of fellow former rugby league footballers, Ben Alexander and Greg Alexander. Mark Geyer, a good friend of Shiels', is married to Ben and Greg's other sister, Megan. Shiels' best friends are Leah and Patrick (also known as P1)

Peter now resides in Newcastle, New South Wales, where he works as a real estate agent for Creer Property at Charlestown.[2]

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. https://www.domain.com.au/real-estate-agent/peter-shiels-1255087/


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