Adam Parker (rugby union) explained

Birth Name:Adam Grant Parker
Birth Date:1973 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Christchurch, New Zealand
Weight:240lb
Position:Lock
Amatyears1:1995-1996
Amatteam1:Sydenham
Years1:1999-2005
Clubs1:Toshiba
Repyears1:1998
Repyears2:2000-2004
Repteam1:New Zealand Maori
Repteam2:Japan
Repcaps1:2
Repcaps2:4
Reppoints1:0
Reppoints2:0
Provinceyears1:1995
Provinceyears2:1996
Province1:South Canterbury
Province2:Nelson Bays
Provinceapps1:2
Provinceapps2:5
Provincepoints1:0
Provincepoints2:0

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