Corey Parker (rugby league)

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Corey Parker

Personal information
Full name	Corey Parker
Date of birth	5 May 1982 (1982-05-05) (age 26)
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 1 lb)
School(s)	Beaudesert State High School
Club information
Position(s)	Second-Row
Current club	Brisbane Broncos
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Logan Brothers
Youth representative teams
1999	Australian Schoolboys
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2001–	Brisbane	151 (344)
Representative teams**
2004–2005	Queensland	3 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 30 May 2008. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 2006.

Corey Parker (born 5 May 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos club in the National Rugby League competition. His usual position is at Second Row but he also plays Prop and Hooker. In season 2008, Parker is the first choice kicker for the Broncos.

Contents 1 Playing Career 1.1 Point scoring summary 1.2 Matches played 2 External links

[edit] Playing Career

Parker 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 of the two competition points gained (the Broncos won the match 32-24), 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. 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 of 2008 it was announced Corey Parker had re signed with the Brisbane Broncos for a further 3 years.

[edit] Point scoring summary

Games	Tries	Goals	F/G	Points
129	15	77	-	214

[edit] Matches played

Team	Matches	Years
Brisbane Broncos	129	2001–present
Queensland	3	2004–2005

[edit] 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.

v • d • e 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 Bennett

v • d • e Brisbane Broncos - current squad Lockyer (c) • Boyd • Carroll • Clinton • Eastwood • Emmett • Ennis • Frawley • Hannant • Hewitt • Hodges • Hunt • Kemp • Kenny • Marsh • Michaels • Moon • Parker • Perry • Robinson • Sims • Stagg • Taylor • Thaiday • Wallace • Coach: Bennett