- Corey Parker (rugby league)
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Corey Parker Parker playing for the Broncos in 2004 Personal information Born 5 May 1982
Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaHeight 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 100 kg (15 st 1 lb) Playing information Position Lock, Second-row, Prop, Centre, Five-eighth Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001– Brisbane Broncos 238 31 374 0 872 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2004–11 Queensland 3 0 0 0 0 2011– Australia 1 0 0 0 0 2010 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0 As of 16 July 2010 Source: NRL Stats Corey Parker (born 5 May 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian born professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League . A Queensland State of Origin representative second-row or lock forward, he has played his whole professional career to date with the Broncos, winning the National Rugby League premiership with them in 2006. Parker also fulfills goal kicking duties for the Broncos.
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Playing career
Parker, made his NRL debut in 2001 with the Broncos, scoring a try in his first match.[1] At times earlier in his career he weighed as much as 108 kilogrammes and sometimes played prop.
Parker in action for the BroncosParker in action against the BulldogsParker was selected to represent Queensland as an interchange for games II and III of the 2004 State of Origin series and game III of the 2005 State of Origin series.
During a match against the Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium, coach Wayne Bennett watched as fellow Bronco Shane Webcke was taken off the field by a trainer after being knocked out by Wests Tigers prop Bryce Gibbs. Parker was brought on as a replacement for Webcke, and, as noticed, the Broncos played with 14 men. Parker immediately scored a try following the Webcke incident. An investigation days later stripped the Broncos (who won the match 32-24) of the two competition points gained[2] but an appeal held weeks later saw the two points reinstated.
Parker was the highest point-scorer for the Broncos with a total of 142 points in 2006. He was selected to play from the interchange bench in Brisbane's victory in the 2006 NRL Grand Final.
In 2007, despite suffering an injury in round one and missing the next eight games, he was again able to finish the season as the Broncos' top point-scorer. In the Broncos' first match of the NRL season 2008, Parker broke the Broncos' club record for most goals in a match, kicking ten from ten. On Wednesday 26 March 2008 it was announced Corey Parker had re signed with the Brisbane Broncos for a further 3 years.
At the start of season 2008, Parker was the first choice kicker for the Broncos, but however, during a knee injury which kept him on the sideline for 6 weeks, the Brisbane Broncos decided to make Michael Ennis the first choice kicker. Following Ennis' move to the Bulldogs at the end of 2008, Parker again became the Broncos' primary goal kicker in 2009.
For the 2009 NRL season new Broncos coach Ivan Henjak moved Parker to lock. This proved a success as in April that year he was named in the preliminary 25 man squad to represent Queensland in the opening State of Origin match for 2009.[3] Although he did not make an appearance for the maroons, Parker won the 2009 Paul Morgan Medal as the Broncos' Player of the Year.
On Friday 14 May 2010, Corey Parker played his 200th game for the Broncos, becoming the second youngest player to reach the milestone for the club.
Parker was named the 2011 Brisbane Broncos season's forward of the year.[4]
Point scoring details
Season Appearance Interchange Tries Goals F/G Points 2001 - 13 2 - - 8 2002 5 15 2 - - 8 2003 13 10 3 - - 12 2004 13 12 3 13 - 38 2005 7 16 1 1 - 6 2006 15 10 4 63 - 142 2007 15 3 4 45 - 106 2008 16 3 3 34 - 80 2009 27 0 5 75 - 170 (* denotes season still competing.)
References
- ^ Heming, Wayne; AAP (2010-05-11). "Corey Parker prepares for 200th NRL game". The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia: Fairfax). http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/corey-parker-prepares-for-200th-nrl-game-20100511-utso.html. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ Gould, Phil (2004-04-04). "Winning the war on error". The Sun-Herald (Australia: Fairfax). http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/03/1080941729058.html. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "Queensland name preliminary State of Origin squad". Fox Sports. 2009-04-28. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25398645-5016947,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. http://www.broncos.com.au/default.aspx?s=honour-board. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
External links
- Corey Parker at the Brisbane Broncos official website.
- Official Corey Parker NRL profile
- Corey Parker at the State of Origin official website.
- Corey Parker at the Former Origin Greats website.
Brisbane Broncos squad – 2006 NRL Premiers (6th Title) 1 Justin Hodges • 2 Darius Boyd • 3 David Stagg • 4 Brent Tate • 5 Karmichael Hunt • 6 Darren Lockyer (c) • 7 Shane Perry
• 8 Shane Webcke • 9 Shaun Berrigan • 10 Petero Civoniceva • 11 Sam Thaiday • 12 Brad Thorn • 13 Tonie Carroll
• 14 Corey Parker • 15 Dane Carlaw • 16 Ben Hannant • 17 Casey McGuire
• Coach: Wayne BennettBrisbane Broncos – current squad Lockyer (c) • Ahern • Anderson • Baptiste • Beale • Britt • Copley • Dodds • Gagai • Gillett • Glenn • Hala • Hannant • Hodges • Hunt • Kemp • Kenny • Lui • McCullough • McGuire
• Natusch • Norman • Parker • Reed • Rivett • Spence • Te Reo • Te'o • Thaiday • Tronc • Hoffman • Williams • Wallace • Yow Yeh • Coach: Anthony GriffinCategories:- 1982 births
- People from Brisbane
- Australian rugby league players
- Brisbane Broncos players
- Queensland Rugby League State of Origin players
- Living people
- Prime Minister's XIII captains
- Prime Minister's XIII players
- Rugby league locks
- Rugby league second-rows
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