Hayden Parker
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Kurow Kid | ||
| Born |
19 November 1990 Oamaru, New Zealand |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (12 st 8 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Otago Boys' High School | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | First Five-Eighth | ||
| Current club | Otago / Highlanders | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2010− | Otago | 45 | (442) |
| 2013− | Highlanders | 30 | (101) |
| 2015−16 | Panasonic Wild Knights | 7 | (80) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2010 | New Zealand Under-20 | 5 | (25) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 13 January 2017. |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 13 January 2017.
† Appearances (Points).
Hayden Parker (born 19 November 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a first five-eighth for Otago in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the Highlanders in the international Super Rugby competition..
Born in Oamaru, the largest town in the district of North Otago on New Zealand's South Island, Parker was raised on his family's dairy and beef farm in the small community of Kurow 60km to the north-west of his birthplace. He later headed south to Dunedin to attend the prestigious Otago Boys' High School and played first XV rugby for them. After graduating from high school, he began playing for the Taieri Eels in Dunedin's Premier club rugby competition.
Parker first played provincial rugby at the age of 19, debuting in a match against Taranaki on 26 August 2010. The season was a miserable one for Otago, who finished 14th and last, consigning themselves to a place in the newly formed Championship division for 2011, while the match against Taranaki was to be Parker's sole appearance for the season. He played 6 times the following year to help Otago to 3rd place on the Championship log, which saw them miss out on a playoff place only due to the shortened domestic season needed to accommodate the 2011 Rugby World Cup, but by 2012, he had become his province's first choice in the number 10 shirt. He played all 12 games for the Razorbacks as they made it to the final of the Championship playoffs before going down to Counties Manukau by a score of 41-16.
Parker continued to be a regular in Otago's starting XV through 2013 and 2014, playing 21 times across the 2 years as his side finished 2nd and 6th respectively on the log. He sat out the 2015 ITM Cup after undergoing surgery on a long standing shoulder injury, however at the tournament's conclusion, back to full fitness, he headed to Japan to take up a short-term contract with Top League side the Panasonic Wild Knights. Originally a back-up to experienced Australian number 10, Berrick Barnes, Parker took over the reigns following Barnes injury and kept his place in the side as the Wild Knights defeated the Toshiba Brave Lupus in the final to lift their 3rd Top League title in as many years.
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