Adam Parker (rugby union)

Adam Parker
Birth name Adam Grant Parker
Date of birth (1973-04-21) 21 April 1973
Place of birth Christchurch, New Zealand
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 240 lb (110 kg; 17 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1995-1996 Sydenham ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999-2005 Toshiba ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1995
1996		 South Canterbury
Nelson Bays		 2
5		 (0)
(0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998
2000-2004		 New Zealand Maori
 Japan		 2
4		 0
(0)

Adam Grant Parker (born Christchurch, 21 April 1973), was a New Zealand rugby union player who played as lock or as flanker. He played internationally for Japan.

Career

Parker started his career playing in 1995, playing for South Canterbury in the NPC, the following year he moved to Nelson Bays, earning 5 caps in the club. In 1999, Parker moved to Japan, where he joined Toshiba Fuchu, with which he won the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship in 2004, the same year he left the club[1]. He was also a New Zealand Maori team member in 1998, where he was also a trialist[2]. He was first capped for Japan on 19 May 2000, against Russia, at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium. Parker was also part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup squad, playing 4 matches at the tournament. His final cap for Japan was against Italy, on 4 July 2004.

References

  1. ↑ Toshiba Brave Lupus: l'un des deux grands clubs de Fuchu
  2. ↑ Adam Grant Parker at New Zealand Rugby History


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