ru_nationalcaps article_title superyears birth_date ru_provinceyears superpoints allblackno ru_nationalyears ru_provincecaps ru_province ru_nationalpoints superupdate supercaps ru_position other name allblackid birth_place height ru_ntupdate super ru_provincepoints weight ru_provinceupdate birth_name
1 james parsons -lrb- rugby -rrb-
 2012 -- 27 november 1986 2009 -- -lrb- 10 -rrb- 1137 2014 -- 69 north harbour -lrb- 0 -rrb- 10 june 2015 50 hooker yes james parsons 1137 palmerston north , manawatu-wanganui , new zealand 1.85 17 november 2014 blues -lrb- 55 -rrb- 106 kg stlb on 10 june 2015 james parsons
james parsons -lrb- rugby -rrb-

james parsons -lrb- born 27 november 1986 -rrb- is a rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for the in super rugby and north harbour in the itm cup .
he was born in palmerston north and educated at king 's college in auckland , completing his education in 2004 .
after being called-up to the all blacks squad as injury cover , he made his international debut against scotland on 15 november 2014 .
in 2015 , he gave up his starting spot to the retiring kevin mealamu in his 50th appearance for the blues .
