Lynne Cantwell
| Date of birth | 27 September 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lynne Cantwell (born 27 September 1981) is an Irish rugby union player. 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.[3] She is Ireland's most capped female player.[4] She played at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[5]
In 2019, she was on the first panel to determine the World Rugby women's-15s player-of-the-year award with Melodie Robinson, Danielle Waterman, Will Greenwood, Liza Burgess, Fiona Coghlan, Gaëlle Mignot, Jillion Potter, Stephen Jones, and Karl Te Nana.[6]
Cantwell has a Sports and Exercise Science degree from the University of Limerick and a Masters in Physiotherapy from Southampton University.[7] As of 2019, Cantwell is a member of the board of Sports Ireland.[citation needed]
At the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, Cantwell was part of the coaching squad for the South African rugby sevens team.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Leinster ladies win first Interpro crown". www.irishexaminer.com. 26 November 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Women's: Leinster End Munster's Grip On Interpro Title". www.irishrugby.ie. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ IRB.com (1 May 2014). "Ireland women to seek "another level"". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ IRB.com (24 June 2013). "Cantwell and Ireland riding crest of a wave". Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ ur7s.com (20 June 2013). "Ireland Women name squad for Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow". Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ worldrugby.org. "Stars join new-look World Rugby Awards panels". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ Six Physio.com. "Lynne Cantwell". Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/coach/lynne-cantwell_1934831 [bare URL]
- 1981 births
- Alumni of the University of Limerick
- Irish female rugby union players
- Munster Rugby women's players
- Leinster Rugby women's players
- Ireland women's international rugby union players
- Ireland international women's rugby sevens players
- Irish rugby sevens players
- Irish Exiles women's rugby union players
- Sport Ireland officials
- Living people
- Coaches at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Irish sportswomen