This year Lily Peacock has achieved all of her sporting goals that she had set herself.
She has played every game of the NRL W season, played in the State of Origin, played in the Australian team and also won Rookie of the Year.
Nathan Peacock, Lily’s dad, said making the Australia team came as no surprise to him.
“It was no surprise, because literally, everything she said she was going to do that year, she did. But to sit back on the lounge and watch her out there singing the Australian national anthem was just something else,” he said.
Lily’s mother Linda has similar praise.
“We know how much heart and soul that Lil's got. She's a Peacock,” she said.
“We've been brought up like that. Whatever you put your mind to, and whatever your heart wants, it's yours if you really want it.
“So, for Lils (Lily) it has been football, and she's grabbed it with both hands but also wants to give back, which I love. I know that she's going to definitely be a mentor for the younger girls.”
Women’s sport has been a challenge in the past, but Lily says the timing of her career has come at a great time, and that she is now part of the next generation.
“I'm so grateful that I have had the opportunities to come through and also hats off to Mum and Dad for putting in all the work, and also driving me back and forth,” said Lily.
“I’ve wanted to be involved with the younger girls as well.
“We have got a pretty awesome pathway up in Townsville, and we're doing a development camp to help with selections, and hopefully we can get our next development players to be from Townsville, local girls.
“So we are putting in a lot of effort there into building the younger girls so they have more of an opportunity to get in.”
Lily started her Rugby journey playing Union, but as time went on and with her dad’s influence she has shifted towards League.
With the rate of growth in women’s sport and her progress in the game already Lily Peacock will be a name that all young sports players can look up to in the future.
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