Georgie Parker (field hockey)

Australian rules footballer and former hockey player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Georgina "Georgie" Parker (born 26 April 1989) is an Australian rules footballer and former field hockey player for the Hockeyroos.[1]

FullnameGeorgina Parker
Born (1989-04-26) 26 April 1989 (age 37)
Berri, Australia
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
SportField hockey
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Georgie Parker
Personal information
Full nameGeorgina Parker
Born (1989-04-26) 26 April 1989 (age 37)
Berri, Australia
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionForward
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
2009–2015 SA Suns - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2011–2016 Australia 108 (33)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Australia
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2014 The HagueTeam
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2014 GlasgowTeam
FIH World League
Silver medal – second place2012–13 TucúmanTeam
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Parker was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were defeated by the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup, a gold medal winner at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and member of the team that went to the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Field hockey

Club hockey

Parker played club hockey in the Riverland as a junior and later in Adelaide for the Adelaide Hockey Club. She also played a season for the Royal Antwerp Hockey Club in Belgium in 2016/17.

State hockey

In 2011, Parker was a member of the Australian Hockey League team the SA Suns (formerly Southern Suns) that won the national championship in Darwin. She was the only goalscorer in the grand final winning 1–0 against the NSW Arrows.[4]

International hockey

Parker has played over 100 international games for the Hockeyroos, including playing at the Commonwealth Games, Summer Olympics and World Cup.

Her tournaments include:

  • 2011 – Champions Trophy (Amstelveen, Netherlands) – 6th
  • 2013 – World League Finals (Tucuman, Argentina) – 2nd
  • 2013 – Oceania Cup (Stratford, New Zealand) – 1st
  • 2013 – World League Semi-Final (London, England) – 1st
  • 2013 – Hockey Super Series 9's (Perth, Australia) – 1st
  • 2014 – 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland) – 1st[5]
  • 2014 – Women's Hockey World Cup (The Hague, Netherlands) – 2nd[5]
  • 2015 – World League Semi-Final (Antwerp, Belgium)- 3rd
  • 2015 – Hawke's Bay Hockey Festival (Hawke's Bay, New Zealand) – 1st
  • 2016 – Hawke's Bay Hockey Festival (Hawke's Bay, New Zealand) – 3rd
  • 2016 – 2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy (London, Great Britain) – 4th
  • 2016 – 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – quarter finals[1][6]

International goals

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Goal
Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
116 June 2011Berliner HC, Berlin, Germany Argentina2–03–32011 Four Nations Cup[7]
27 March 2012Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia South Korea2–05–0Test Match[8]
329 June 2013University of Westminster, London, England China3–14–12012–13 FIH World League Semifinal[9]
431 October 2013Stratford Hockey Club, Stratford, Stratford Samoa18–023–02013 Oceania Cup[10]
52 November 2013 Papua New Guinea6–026–0[10]
612–0
718–0
822–0
93 December 2013Club Natación y Gimnasia, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina New Zealand1–05–12012–13 FIH World League Final[11]
107 December 2013 England2–03–0[12]
1121 March 2014Eastern Goldfields Hockey Association, Kalgoorlie, Australia Japan1–16–1Test Match[13]
126–1
1325 March 2014Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia4–15–2[14]
1415 May 2014Bremen HC, Bremen, Germany England2–14–22014 Four Nations Cup[15]
1517 May 2014 Japan1–06–1[16]
1618 May 2014 Germany3–33–3[17]
1724 July 2014Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Malaysia3–04–0XX Commonwealth Games[18]
184–0
1925 July 2014 Wales2–09–0[19]
207–0
218–0
221 August 2014 South Africa4–07–1[20]
236–1
2418 April 2015Hawke's Bay Hockey, Hastings, New Zealand China3–14–02015 Hawke's Bay Cup[21]
2521 June 2015Koninklijke Hockey Club Dragons, Antwerp, Belgium Poland2–09–02014–15 FIH World League Semifinal[22]
2621 January 2016Sengkang Hockey Stadium, Singapore Germany2–13–1Test Match[23]
2720 February 2016Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia Great Britain1–11–1[24]
282 April 2016Hawke's Bay Hockey, Hastings, New Zealand Japan1–11–12016 Hawke's Bay Cup[25]
293 April 2016 South Korea1–02–0[26]
307 April 2016 Ireland1–03–0[27]
313–0
3225 June 2016Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London, England Great Britain2–04–12016 FIH Champions Trophy[28]
3310 August 2016Deodoro Hockey Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil India4–06–1XXXI Olympic Games[29]
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AFL Women's career

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Georgie Parker
Parker playing Australian rules football for Collingwood in January 2018

Australian rules football career
Personal information
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)
Position Utility
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2018–2019 Collingwood 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2019 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com
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In May 2017, Parker signed with Collingwood as a rookie for the 2018 AFL Women's season, fielding an offer from Adelaide too. She had no prior experience playing Australian football, but Collingwood viewed her as a potential midfield and forward line option.[30]

On 4 June 2018, Parker was elevated to Collingwood's senior list ahead of the 2019 season.[31]

In April 2019, Parker was delisted by Collingwood.[32]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season.[33]
Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
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Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2018 Collingwood 192004711130.00.02.03.55.50.51.5
2019 Collingwood 19100202040.00.02.00.02.00.04.0
Career 3 0 0 6 7 13 1 7 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.3 4.3 0.3 2.3
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Media career

Parker has a double degree in Journalism and PR.[34]

As at 2022, she is the host of the Seven Network TV show "Armchair Experts" – an analysis of the Australian Football League scene.[35]

Personal life

Parker lives in Perth, Western Australia, as part of the national training program, having grown up in South Australia.

References

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