Tony Parker | |
Full Name: | Anthony Joseph Parker |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1961 |
Birth Place: | Brisbane, Australia |
Position: | Scrum-half |
Repyears1: | 1983 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Anthony Joseph Parker (born 12 April 1961) is an Australian former rugby union international.
A native of Brisbane, Parker attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace and the University of Queensland. While studying for his medical degree he played for the University of Queensland Rugby Club.[1]
Parker, a scrum-half, debuted for Queensland on his 20th birthday and was first called by the Wallabies for the 1981–82 tour of Britain and Ireland, where he was the reserve scrum-half.[2] He was named for the Wallabies when Argentina toured in 1983 and again found himself on the bench, but gained his first cap replacing a concussed Dominic Vaughan in the 1st Test at Ballymore Stadium.[3] This opened up an opportunity for Parker to start the 2nd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground and he earned a third cap two-weeks later against the visiting All Blacks.[4]