{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox Rugby biography | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Navan, County Meath | height = {{height|m=1.63}} | weight ={{cvt|69|kg|lb stlb}} | ru_position = Centre, Fullback | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = | clubs1 =Richmond | apps1 = | points1 = | repyears1 = | repteam1 ={{nowrap|{{ruw|Ireland}}}} | repcaps1 = 6 | reppoints1 = }} '''Jackie Shiels''' (born 1 January 1985) is an Irish female rugby union player. She played at the 2010 and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid=2071180.html#ireland+women+seek+another+level |title=Ireland women to seek "another level" |author=IRB.com |date=1 May 2014 |accessdate=12 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001812/http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid%3D2071180.html |archivedate=11 September 2014 }}</ref> She made five conversions to help {{nwrut|Ireland}} secure a semi-final spot at the 2014 World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiokerry.ie/sport/ireland-womens-rugby-team-secure-semi-final/ |title=Ireland Womens Rugby Team Secure Semi-Final Spot |author=Radio Kerry.ie |date=9 August 2014 |accessdate=16 September 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Shiels is a teacher by profession and previously played Gaelic football and soccer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/our-girls-in-green-gear-up-to-make-sporting-history-30494721.html |title=Our girls in green gear up to make sporting history |author=Sam Griffin & Brian Byrne, Independent.ie |date=9 August 2014 |accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140909120552/http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/fixturesandresults/squads_ireland_women.php?player=81825&includeref=dynamic Irish Rugby Player Profile]
{{Ireland 2010 WRWC Squad}} {{Ireland 2014 WRWC Squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shiels, Jackie}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Irish female rugby union players Category:Ireland women's international rugby union players Category:Irish expatriate sportspeople in England Category:Irish schoolteachers Category:Leinster Rugby women's players Category:Irish Exiles women's rugby union players Category:Expatriate rugby league players in England Category:Irish expatriate rugby union players in England Category:Rugby union centres Category:Rugby union fullbacks Category:People from Navan Category:Rugby union players from County Meath Category:Barbarian F.C. Women players Category:21st-century Irish sportswomen