Georgie Parker (field hockey)


Georgie Parker is an Australian rules footballer and former field hockey player for the Hockeyroos.
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.

Personal

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

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 that won the national championship in Darwin. She was the only goalscorer in the grand final winning 1–0 against the NSW Arrows.

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:
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.
On 4 June 2018, Parker was elevated to Collingwood's senior list ahead of the 2019 season.
In April 2019, Parker was delisted by Collingwood.

Statistics

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019
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! 0
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! 6
! 7
! 13
! 1
! 7
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! 2.0
! 2.3
! 4.3
! 0.3
! 2.3