Adam Parker (rugby union) explained

Birth Name:Adam Grant Parker
Birth Date:1973 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Christchurch, New Zealand
Weight:240lb
Ru Position:Lock
Ru Amateuryears:1995-1996
Ru Amateurclubs:Sydenham
Ru Clubyears:1999-2005
Ru Nationalyears:1998
2000-2004
Ru Nationalteam:New Zealand Maori
Japan
Ru Nationalcaps:2
4
Ru Nationalpoints:0
(0)
Ru Provinceyears:1995
1996
Ru Provincecaps:2
5
Ru Provincepoints:(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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toshiba Brave Lupus: l'un des deux grands clubs de Fuchu . 9 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181422/http://www.japonrugby.net/toshiba-brave-lupus-l-un-des-deux-grands-clubs-de-fuchu.php . 9 January 2018 . dead .
  2. https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/adam-grant-parker Adam Grant Parker at New Zealand Rugby History