| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Robert Parker | |||||
| Born | September 5, 1981 Westhoughton, Bolton, England |
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| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 109 kg (17 st 2 lb) [1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2000–2005 | Bradford Bulls | 96 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 2001 | London Broncos | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005–2008 | Warrington Wolves | 66 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2009–2011 | Salford City Reds | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2011 | → Castleford Tigers (loan) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 219 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2003 | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Parker (born 5 September 1981) is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Salford City Reds of Super League. He joined the Salford club in the 2009 season.[2]
Parker played his junior rugby with Leigh East. Debuting in 2000 Parker marked his case for a regular position in Super League during a ten-game loan spell with London Broncos in 2001.
He then rose out of the Bradford Bulls Academy to establish himself as an integral part of the powerful Bulls pack, collected Super League medals in 2003 and 2005 and played in a winning Challenge Cup Final (2003) and World Club Challenge (2004).
A near ever present in the all conquering Bradford team which won the league and cup double in 2003, he missed out on a spot in the 2003 Grand Final against Wigan, though he did play in the Bulls Grand Final defeat to Leeds the following season. An accomplished performer in both front and second row.
Whilst at Bradford Bulls, Parker was loaned out to Wakefield RFC where he made seven Rugby Union appearances over two seasons.
He was appointed England captain in 2004 and led his country to the European Nations Cup.
Signed by Warrington Wolves for the 2006 season, released from his contract at the end of the 2008 season.
After joining Salford City Reds he was announced as their new club captain on February 10 after long-serving skipper Malcolm Alker was stripped of the captaincy during pre-season.
During the 2009 Murrayfield Magic, the crowd chanted his name for the first twenty minutes of his game against Harlequins as a sign of respect for what he's done for the game of rugby league.
He lives in Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England with his Wife, Brooke Parker and 2 daughters.
In July 2011, he went on loan to Castleford Tigers, to help ease their injury crisis in the prop department. [3]
Rob Parker won caps for England while at Bradford Bulls in 2004 against Russia, France, and Ireland.[4]
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