Corey Parker (rugby league)

Corey Parker

Parker playing for the Broncos in 2004
Personal information
Born	5 May 1982 (1982-05-05) (age 29) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	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.

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 Broncos

Parker in action against the Bulldogs

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 (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

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ 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. 
3. ^ "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. 
4. ^ "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.

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Name	Parker, Corey
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Date of birth	5 May 1982
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland
Date of death
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