Tony Parker (rugby union)

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Tony Parker
Full nameAnthony Joseph Parker
Date of birth (1961-04-12) 12 April 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Brisbane, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1983 Australia 3 (0)

Anthony Joseph Parker (born 12 April 1961) is an Australian former rugby union international.

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "GPS First XV rugby: St Joseph's Gregory Terrace's best past and present". The Courier Mail . 5 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Qld halfback finds breakthrough tough". The Canberra Times . 7 November 1981. p. 43 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Australia crashes with poor display". The Canberra Times . 1 August 1983. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Anthony Joseph Parker". classicwallabies.com.au.
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