Shanice Parker

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Shanice Parker
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Personal information
Born (1998-05-16) 16 May 1998 (age 25)
Yangebup, Western Australia, Australia
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Wing, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019–20 Sydney Roosters 50000
2022– Newcastle Knights 1860024
Total2360024
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020 New South Wales 10000
2021 Māori All Stars 11004
2022 New Zealand 21004
Rugby union
Position Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018–20 NSW Waratahs 13130065
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 Australia
Source: [1]
As of 7 October 2023

Shanice Parker (born 16 May 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

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Primarily a winger or centre, she has represented Australia in rugby union and New Zealand in rugby league. [2] She previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRLW and North Sydney Bears in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Background

Born in Yangebup, Western Australia, Parker grew up playing rugby league for the Willagee Bears. [3] She stopped playing league when she was 12 and began playing rugby union when she was 15. Her mother, Danielle, represented Australia at the 2000 Women's Rugby League World Cup. [4]

Playing career

Rugby union

In 2015, Parker represented Australia at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games. In 2016, she was contracted to the Australian sevens team. [5]

In 2018, she moved to Sydney and joined the NSW Waratahs Super W team, winning Grand Finals with the team in 2018 and 2019. In 2019, she represented Australia. [6]

Rugby league

In 2018, Parker returned to rugby league, joining the North Sydney Bears NSWRL Women's Premiership team. [7]

In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships. [8] In June 2019, she joined the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team. [9] In Round 3 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Roosters in their 16–24 loss to the St George Illawarra Dragons. [10]

On 25 October 2020, Parker started on the wing in the Roosters' 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos. [11]

On 20 February 2021, she represented the Māori All Stars, scoring a try in their 24–0 win over the Indigenous All Stars. [12]

In June 2022, Parker signed with the Newcastle Knights for the 2022 season. [13] She made her club debut for the Knights in round 1 of the 2022 NRLW season against the Brisbane Broncos. [14]

On 2 October 2022, Parker played in the Knights' 32-12 NRLW Grand Final win over the Parramatta Eels. [15]

In October 2022, she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Shanice Parker - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. 1 2 Priest, Craig (2 October 2022). "Kiwi Ferns name 24-strong World Cup squad". New Zealand Rugby League. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Shanice Parker signs for Sydney Roosters". NRL WA. 27 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Parker creating her own legacy with push out door from Mum". NRL. 12 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Shanice Parker". Wallaroos.
  6. ↑ "Buildcorp Wallaroos squad named for massive 2019 campaign". rugby.com.au. 11 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Team List - Harvey Norman Women's Premiership Team". North Sydney Bears. 24 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Harden & Smith added to Roosters 2019 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 26 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "NRLW Late Mail - Round 3". Sydney Roosters. 29 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "NRLW Late Mail - Grand Final". Sydney Roosters. 25 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". NRL. 20 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "Knights confirm further 2022 NRLW signings". Newcastle Knights. 9 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Late Mail: NRLW team confirmed for Broncos clash". Newcastle Knights. 21 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Knights v Eels". National Rugby League.
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