Paige Parker
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{For|the softball player|Paige Parker (softball)}}
{{For|the third wife of American businessman and financial commentator Jim Rogers|Jim Rogers#Personal life}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Paige Parker
| nickname =
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|05|07|df=y}}{{cite web|title=Brisbane Lions AFL Women's Players|url=http://www.lions.com.au/afl-womens/afl-womens-players|publisher=Brisbane Lions|access-date=3 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203095550/http://www.lions.com.au/afl-womens/afl-womens-players|archive-date=3 February 2019}}
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| birth_place =
| originalteam = Coorparoo (QWAFL)
| draftpick = No. 9, 2018 AFL Women's draft
| debutdate = Round 1, 2019
| debutteam = {{AFLW|Bri}}
| debutopponent = {{AFLW|GWS}}
| debutstadium = Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex
| height =
| weight =
| position = Defender
| currentclub =
| guernsey =
| years1 = 2019
| club1 = {{AFLW|Bri}}
| games_goals1 = {{0}}4 (0)
| years2 = 2020–2021
| club2 = {{AFLW|GC}}
| games_goals2 = 13 (2)
| games_goalstotal = 17 (2)
| statsend = the 2021 season
}}
Paige Parker (born 7 May 1995) is an Australian rules football and rugby league footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership. She previously played for Brisbane and the Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW), and the Newcastle Knights in the NRLW.
Early life
Parker was raised in Brisbane's northern suburb of Bracken Ridge to a family of Indigenous Australian (Quandamooka) descent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aflplayers.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Indigenous-Player-Map-Update-2019_LR-1.pdf|title=AFLPlayer's Indigenous Map 2019|publisher=aflplayers.com.au|date=1 June 2019|access-date=20 January 2020}} She attended St John Fisher College throughout her upbringing and excelled in touch football where she plays for the Brisbane Broncos and represents Australia at the World Cup level.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broncos.com.au/news/2019/05/23/your-broncos-nrl-touch-premiership-teams/|title=Your Broncos NRL Touch Premiership Teams|publisher=broncos.com.au|date=23 May 2019|access-date=20 January 2020}} She also played Australian rules football in her youth and was playing for Coorparoo in the AFL Queensland Women's League when she was drafted by {{AFLW|Bri}} with the ninth pick in the 2018 AFL Women's draft.
AFLW career
Parker made her debut for Brisbane in the round 1 game against Greater Western Sydney at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex on 3 February 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2019-02-01/aflw-five-debutants-|title=AFLW Team: Five Lions set to debut|publisher=Brisbane Lions|last=Fielding|first=Josie|date=1 February 2019|access-date=3 February 2019}} Following the 2019 season, she joined the Gold Coast.{{cite news|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/afl/gold-coast-suns-swoop-on-paige-parker-after-brisbane-lions-failed-to-offer-her-an-aflw-contract/news-story/6007a1f24b3108aabbaeaccdba0a3402|title=Gold Coast Suns swoop on Paige Parker after Brisbane Lions failed to offer her an AFLW contract|newspaper=Gold Coast Bulletin|last=Boswell|first=Tom|date=12 April 2019|access-date=12 April 2019}} After playing 13 games over two seasons, Parker was delisted by the Gold Coast in June 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/954312/suns-make-further-aflw-list-changes|title=SUNS make further AFLW list changes|publisher=Telstra|work=Gold Coast|date=8 June 2021}}
Rugby League career
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Paige Parker
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|5|7}}
|birth_place = Brisbane Queensland, Australia
|height = {{convert|172|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|74|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|position = {{rlp|CE}}
|club1 = Newcastle Knights
|year1start = 2021
|year1end =
|appearances1 = 1
|tries1 = 1
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 4
|club2 = Brisbane Broncos
|year2start = 2022
|year2end = present
|appearances2 = 0
|tries2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 0
|retired =
|updated = 9 August 2022
}}
On 3 December 2021, Parker was recruited by the Newcastle Knights to be a part of their inaugural NRL Women's Premiership squad.[https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/06/30/2021-nrlw-signings-tracker/ Knights relishing NRLW underdog tag] Alicia Newton for NRLW 8 Dec 2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news/2021/12/03/knights-finalise-nrlw-squad-with-signings-of-queensland-based-players/|title=Knights finalise NRLW squad with signings of Queensland-based players|date=3 December 2021|website=Newcastle Knights}}
In round 5 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, Parker made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the Gold Coast Titans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news/2022/03/26/squad-update-multiple-changes-made-to-nrlw-squad/|title=Squad Update: Multiple changes made to NRLW squad|date=25 March 2022|website=Newcastle Knights}}
In June 2022, she signed with the Brisbane Broncos for the 2022 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broncos.com.au/news/2022/06/10/test--origin-stars-join-broncos-nrlw-squad/|title=Test & Origin Stars Join Broncos NRLW|date=10 June 2022|website=Brisbane Broncos}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/teams/womens-premiership/newcastle-knights-women/paige-parker/ Newcastle Knights profile]
- {{GCplayer}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=Paige%2BParker/20392}}
{{Brisbane Broncos women's squad}}
{{Inaugural Gold Coast AFL Women's team}}
{{2018 AFL Women's draft}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Paige}}
Category:Australian rules footballers from Brisbane
Category:Brisbane Broncos (NRLW) players
Category:Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players
Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Category:21st-century Indigenous Australian people
Category:Gold Coast Football Club (AFLW) players
Category:Newcastle Knights (NRLW) players
CAtegory:Rugby league players from Brisbane
Category:Sportswomen from Queensland
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