Lynne Cantwell

Lynne Cantwell
Date of birth (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
200x– Richmond Women ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
19xx–2004
2005–
Munster
Leinster
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2001–  Ireland 78
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2013  Ireland

Lynne Cantwell (born 27 September 1981) is an Irish rugby union player. 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. She is Ireland's most capped female player. She played at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

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.

Cantwell has a Sports and Exercise Science degree from the University of Limerick and a Masters in Physiotherapy from Southampton University. As of 2019, Cantwell is a member of the board of Sports Ireland.

At the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, Cantwell was part of the coaching squad for the South African rugby sevens team.