Adam Parker (rugby union)

Adam Parker

Birth name	Adam Grant Parker
Date of birth	(1973-04-21) 21 April 1973
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	240 lb (110 kg; 17 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1995-1996 Sydenham () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1999-2005 Toshiba () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1995 South Canterbury 2 (0) 1996 Nelson Bays 5 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1998 New Zealand Maori 2 (0) 2000-2004 Japan 4 (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. He was also a New Zealand Maori team member in 1998, where he was also a trialist. 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.

External links

• Adam Grant Parker at New Zealand Rugby History
• Adam Parker international stats