Peter "Stretch" Shiels (born 4 September 1973 in

Bankstown, New South Wales Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, ha ...

), is an Australian former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Penrith, Western Suburbs,

Western Reds The Western Reds were a rugby league football club based in Perth, Western Australia. Founded in 1992 as the Western Reds, they entered into the Australian Rugby League competition in 1995 before defecting to the rival Super League competition i ...

, the Newcastle Knights in Australia and St. Helens in the

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as a and as a . As

Super League V Tetley's Bitter Super League was the official name for the year 2000's Super League championship season, the 106th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the fifth championship run by the Super League. The season c ...

champions, St. Helens played against 2000 NRL Premiers, the Brisbane Broncos in the

2001 World Club Challenge The 2001 World Club Challenge was contested between Super League V champions, St. Helens and 2000 NRL season premiers, the Brisbane Broncos. The Broncos made the trip to England to play St Helens before the start of the 2001 NRL and Super Leagu ...

. Shiels played at in St. Helens' victory. Shiels played for St. Helens from the interchange bench in their

2002 Super League Grand Final The 2002 Super League Grand Final was the Fifth official Grand Final and conclusive and championship-deciding game of Super League VII. Held on Saturday 19 October 2002 at Old Trafford, Manchester, the game was played between St. Helens and Brad ...

victory against the Bradford Bulls.

Personal life

Shiels is married to Linda (née Alexander), the sister of fellow former

footballers, Ben Alexander and Greg Alexander. Shiels now resides in Newcastle, New South Wales, where he works as a real estate agent. Shiels got his start in real estate with a local agency, and in 2020 he opted to create his own brand - Shiels+Co Property. The office is located in Whitebridge; and one of his employees is his eldest daughter, Ruby.

References

External links

Saints Heritage Society profile
1973 births Living people Australian rugby league players Newcastle Knights players Penrith Panthers players Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows St Helens R.F.C. players Western Reds players Western Suburbs Magpies players {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1970s-stub