In the week of International Women’s Day Energia have focused on two of Leinster rugby’s strongest Women’s players in the first of this year’s Three-Part Video Content series #ThePowerBehindLeinster
Women’s rugby in Leinster has grown massively in recent years and powering this progression are the individuals working across all levels of the game. They will feature through the series with two more episodes to be released in the coming weeks.
‘The Player’ showcases Leinster players Lindsay Peat and Sene Naoupu, who both faced challenges on their journey to the top.
In the first episode, they reflect on their journey to success, the positive impact rugby has had on their lives and the people who have helped them along the way.
Off the back of a heart-breaking All Ireland Final defeat with Dublin, Peat believed she was at the end of her illustrious sporting career. Having relocated from North to South Dublin, Lindsay didn’t want to join a new GAA or Basketball club, so she said she’d give rugby a go.
“It wasn’t only a new sport; it was a whole new world”, she says in the video.
Naopua, a Kiwi by birth, moved to Ireland in 2009 with her husband a professional rugby player. They both quickly “fell in love with the place and didn’t want to leave”. Having battled with depression, she made a new path for herself and got back into rugby. “I felt fitter than I ever had been in my life” commenting she had more to give to rugby and “so much more to learn”.
Energia and Leinster rugby are both proud members of the Sport for Business community in 2020.
