After a friend bet her £5 that she wouldn't apply she did so but faced considerable resistance in being accepted due to her being a woman.

[1] Lee refereed her first professional game at Keighley Cougars during the 1993–94 season.

[3] Post-retirement Lee worked for the Rugby Football League as a director of community projects and events.

[4] Lee established her own life-coaching company, Common Sense Initiative, in 2017.

a play written by Sarah Jane Dickenson and inspired by Lee's career premiered at Hull Kingston Rovers KCOM Stadium.