Corey Parker
Parker playing for the Broncos in 2004
Personal information
Born	5 May 1982 (1982-05-05) (age 27)
	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 1 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Lock
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2001–	Brisbane Broncos	193	27	231	0	570
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2004–05	Queensland	3	0	0	0	0
As of 1 July 2009
Source: NRL Stats

Corey Parker (born 5 May 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League. A Queensland State of Origin representative second-row or lock forward, he has played his whole professional career to date with the Broncos, winning the premiership with them in 2006. Parker also fulfills goal kicking duties for the Broncos.

[edit] Playing career

Parker was selected to represent Queensland as an interchange for games II and III of the 2004 State of Origin series and game III of the 2005 State of Origin series.

During a match against the Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium, coach Wayne Bennett watched as fellow Bronco Shane Webcke was taken off the field by a trainer after being knocked out by Wests Tigers prop Bryce Gibbs. Parker was brought on as a replacement for Webcke, and, as noticed, the Broncos played with 14 men. Parker immediately scored a try following the Webcke incident. An investigation days later stripped the Broncos of the two competition points gained^[1] (the Broncos won the match 32-24), but an appeal held weeks later saw the two points reinstated.

Parker was the highest point-scorer for the Broncos with a total of 142 points in 2006. In 2007, despite suffering an injury in round one and missing the next eight games, he was again able to finish the season as the Broncos' top point-scorer. In the Broncos' first match of the NRL season 2008, Parker broke the Broncos' club record for most goals in a match, kicking ten from ten. On Wednesday 26 March 2008 it was announced Corey Parker had re signed with the Brisbane Broncos for a further 3 years.

At the start of season 2008, Parker was the first choice kicker for the Broncos, but however, during a knee injury which kept him on the sideline for 6 weeks, the Brisbane Broncos decided to make Michael Ennis the first choice kicker. Following Ennis' move to the Bulldogs at the end of 2008, Parker again became the Broncos' primary goal kicker in 2009.

In April 2009, he was named in the preliminary 25 man squad to represent Queensland in the opening State of Origin match for 2009.^[2]

Parker won the 2009 Paul Morgan Medal as the Broncos' best and fairest player of the season.

[edit] Point scoring details

(* denotes season still competing.)

[edit] References

1. ^ Gould, Phil (2004-04-04). "Winning the war on error". The Sun-Herald (Australia: Fairfax). http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/03/1080941729058.html. Retrieved 2009-12-04. 
2. ^ "Queensland name preliminary State of Origin squad". Fox Sports. 2009-04-28. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25398645-5016947,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-28. 

[edit] External links

• Corey Parker at the Brisbane Broncos official website.
• Official Corey Parker NRL profile
• Corey Parker at the State of Origin official website.
• Corey Parker at the Former Origin Greats website.