# Georgie Parker (field hockey)

Georgina "Georgie" Parker (born 26 April 1989) 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.

## 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.

### 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
* 2014 – Women's Hockey World Cup (The Hague, Netherlands) – 2nd
* 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

#### International goals

| Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 16 June 2011 | Berliner HC, Berlin, Germany | Argentina | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2011 Four Nations Cup |
| 2 | 7 March 2012 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia | South Korea | 2–0 | 5–0 | Test Match |
| 3 | 29 June 2013 | University of Westminster, London, England | China | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2012–13 FIH World League Semifinal |
| 4 | 31 October 2013 | Stratford Hockey Club, Stratford, Stratford | Samoa | 18–0 | 23–0 | 2013 Oceania Cup |
| 5 | 2 November 2013 | Stratford Hockey Club, Stratford, Stratford | Papua New Guinea | 6–0 | 26–0 | 2013 Oceania Cup |
| 6 | 2 November 2013 | Stratford Hockey Club, Stratford, Stratford | Papua New Guinea | 12–0 | | 2013 Oceania Cup |
| 7 | 2 November 2013 | Stratford Hockey Club, Stratford, Stratford | Papua New Guinea | 18–0 | | 2013 Oceania Cup |
| 8 | 2 November 2013 | Stratford Hockey Club, Stratford, Stratford | Papua New Guinea | 22–0 | | 2013 Oceania Cup |
| 9 | 3 December 2013 | Club Natación y Gimnasia, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina | New Zealand | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2012–13 FIH World League Final |
| 10 | 7 December 2013 | Club Natación y Gimnasia, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina | England | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2012–13 FIH World League Final |
| 11 | 21 March 2014 | Eastern Goldfields Hockey Association, Kalgoorlie, Australia | Japan | 1–1 | 6–1 | Test Match |
| 12 | 21 March 2014 | Eastern Goldfields Hockey Association, Kalgoorlie, Australia | Japan | 6–1 | | Test Match |
| 13 | 25 March 2014 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia | Japan | 4–1 | 5–2 | Test Match |
| 14 | 15 May 2014 | Bremen HC, Bremen, Germany | England | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2014 Four Nations Cup |
| 15 | 17 May 2014 | Bremen HC, Bremen, Germany | Japan | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2014 Four Nations Cup |
| 16 | 18 May 2014 | Bremen HC, Bremen, Germany | Germany | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2014 Four Nations Cup |
| 17 | 24 July 2014 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | Malaysia | 3–0 | 4–0 | XX Commonwealth Games |
| 18 | 24 July 2014 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | Malaysia | 4–0 | | XX Commonwealth Games |
| 19 | 25 July 2014 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | Wales | 2–0 | 9–0 | XX Commonwealth Games |
| 20 | 25 July 2014 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | Wales | 7–0 | | XX Commonwealth Games |
| 21 | 25 July 2014 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | Wales | 8–0 | | XX Commonwealth Games |
| 22 | 1 August 2014 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | South Africa | 4–0 | 7–1 | XX Commonwealth Games |
| 23 | 1 August 2014 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | South Africa | 6–1 | | XX Commonwealth Games |
| 24 | 18 April 2015 | Hawke's Bay Hockey, Hastings, New Zealand | China | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2015 Hawke's Bay Cup |
| 25 | 21 June 2015 | Koninklijke Hockey Club Dragons, Antwerp, Belgium | Poland | 2–0 | 9–0 | 2014–15 FIH World League Semifinal |
| 26 | 21 January 2016 | Sengkang Hockey Stadium, Singapore | Germany | 2–1 | 3–1 | Test Match |
| 27 | 20 February 2016 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia | Great Britain | 1–1 | 1–1 | Test Match |
| 28 | 2 April 2016 | Hawke's Bay Hockey, Hastings, New Zealand | Japan | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2016 Hawke's Bay Cup |
| 29 | 3 April 2016 | Hawke's Bay Hockey, Hastings, New Zealand | South Korea | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2016 Hawke's Bay Cup |
| 30 | 7 April 2016 | Hawke's Bay Hockey, Hastings, New Zealand | Ireland | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2016 Hawke's Bay Cup |
| 31 | 7 April 2016 | Hawke's Bay Hockey, Hastings, New Zealand | Ireland | 3–0 | | 2016 Hawke's Bay Cup |
| 32 | 25 June 2016 | Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London, England | Great Britain | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2016 FIH Champions Trophy |
| 33 | 10 August 2016 | Deodoro Hockey Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | India | 4–0 | 6–1 | XXXI Olympic Games |

## AFL Women's career

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

    Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season.
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
| 2018 | Collingwood | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | Collingwood | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Career | Career | Career | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 |

## Media career

Parker has a double degree in Journalism and PR.
As at 2022, she is the host of the Seven Network TV show "Armchair Experts" – an analysis of the Australian Football League scene.

## Personal life

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