Shanice Parker

Shanice Parker (born 16 May 1998) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and North Sydney Bears in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Shanice Parker
Personal information
Born (1998-05-16) 16 May 1998
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Sydney Roosters 5 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–20 NSW Waratahs 13 13 0 0 65
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Australia
As of 9 November 2020

Primarily a winger, she has represented Australia in rugby union.

Background

Born in Perth, Western Australia, Parker grew up playing rugby league for the Willagee Bears.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

Rugby league

In 2018, Parker returned to rugby league, joining the North Sydney Bears NSWRL Women's Premiership team.[5]

In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[6] In June 2019, she joined the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[7] 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.[8]

On 25 October 2020, Parker started on the wing in the Roosters' 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[9]

References
  1. "Shanice Parker signs for Sydney Roosters". NRL WA. 27 June 2019.
  2. "Parker creating her own legacy with push out door from Mum". NRL. 12 August 2019.
  3. "Shanice Parker". Wallaroos.
  4. "Buildcorp Wallaroos squad named for massive 2019 campaign". rugby.com.au. 11 April 2019.
  5. "Team List - Harvey Norman Women's Premiership Team". North Sydney Bears. 24 April 2018.
  6. "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  7. "Harden & Smith added to Roosters 2019 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 26 June 2019.
  8. "NRLW Late Mail - Round 3". Sydney Roosters. 29 September 2019.
  9. "NRLW Late Mail - Grand Final". Sydney Roosters. 25 October 2020.
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