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Shanice Parker
Personal information
Born (1998-05-16) 16 May 1998 (age 26)
Yangebup, Western Australia, Australia
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019–20 Sydney Roosters 5 0 0 0 0
2022– Newcastle Knights 18 6 0 0 24
Total 23 6 0 0 24
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0
2021 Māori All Stars 1 1 0 0 4
2022–24 New Zealand 3 1 0 0 4
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
Source: [1]
As of 7 October 2023

Shanice Parker (born 16 May 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a winger or centre, she has represented Australia in rugby union and New Zealand in rugby league.[2] She previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRLW and North Sydney Bears in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Background

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Born in Yangebup, Western Australia, Parker grew up playing rugby league for the Willagee Bears.[3] 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.[4]

Playing career

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Rugby union

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In 2015, Parker represented Australia at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games. In 2016, she was contracted to the Australian sevens team.[5]

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.[6]

Rugby league

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In 2018, Parker returned to rugby league, joining the North Sydney Bears NSWRL Women's Premiership team.[7]

In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[8] In June 2019, she joined the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[9] 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.[10]

On 25 October 2020, Parker started on the wing in the Roosters' 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[11]

On 20 February 2021, she represented the Māori All Stars, scoring a try in their 24–0 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[12]

In June 2022, Parker signed with the Newcastle Knights for the 2022 season.[13] She made her club debut for the Knights in round 1 of the 2022 NRLW season against the Brisbane Broncos.[14]

On 2 October 2022, Parker played in the Knights' 32-12 NRLW Grand Final win over the Parramatta Eels.[15]

In October 2022, she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Shanice Parker - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ a b Priest, Craig (2 October 2022). "Kiwi Ferns name 24-strong World Cup squad". New Zealand Rugby League. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Shanice Parker signs for Sydney Roosters". NRL WA. 27 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Parker creating her own legacy with push out door from Mum". NRL. 12 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Shanice Parker". Wallaroos.
  6. ^ "Buildcorp Wallaroos squad named for massive 2019 campaign". rugby.com.au. 11 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Team List - Harvey Norman Women's Premiership Team". North Sydney Bears. 24 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Harden & Smith added to Roosters 2019 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 26 June 2019.
  10. ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Round 3". Sydney Roosters. 29 September 2019.
  11. ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Grand Final". Sydney Roosters. 25 October 2020.
  12. ^ "McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". NRL. 20 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Knights confirm further 2022 NRLW signings". Newcastle Knights. 9 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Late Mail: NRLW team confirmed for Broncos clash". Newcastle Knights. 21 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Knights v Eels". National Rugby League.
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