Georgie Parker

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

International goals GoalDateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 16 June 2011 Berliner HC, Berlin, Germany 2–0 3–3 2011 Four Nations Cup 2 7 March 2012 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia 2–0 5–0 Test Match 3 29 June 2013 University of Westminster, London, England 3–1 4–1 2012–13 FIH World League Semifinal 4 31 October 2013 Stratford Hockey Club, Stratford, Stratford 18–0 23–0 2013 Oceania Cup 5 2 November 2013 6–0 26–0 10 7 December 2013 2–0 3–0 11 21 March 2014 Eastern Goldfields Hockey Association, Kalgoorlie, Australia 1–1 6–1 Test Match 12 6–1 13 25 March 2014 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia 4–1 5–2 14 15 May 2014 Bremen HC, Bremen, Germany 2–1 4–2 2014 Four Nations Cup 15 17 May 2014 1–0 6–1 16 18 May 2014 3–3 3–3 17 24 July 2014 Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland 3–0 4–0 XX Commonwealth Games 18 4–0 19 25 July 2014 2–0 9–0 20 7–0 21 8–0 22 1 August 2014 4–0 7–1 23 6–1 24 18 April 2015 Hawke's Bay Hockey, Hastings, New Zealand 3–1 4–0 2015 Hawke's Bay Cup 25 21 June 2015 Koninklijke Hockey Club Dragons, Antwerp, Belgium 2–0 9–0 2014–15 FIH World League Semifinal 26 21 January 2016 Sengkang Hockey Stadium, Singapore 2–1 3–1 Test Match 27 20 February 2016 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia 1–1 1–1 28 2 April 2016 Hawke's Bay Hockey, Hastings, New Zealand 1–1 1–1 2016 Hawke's Bay Cup 29 3 April 2016 1–0 2–0 30 7 April 2016 1–0 3–0 31 3–0 32 25 June 2016 Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London, England 2–0 4–1 2016 FIH Champions Trophy 33 10 August 2016 Deodoro Hockey Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 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.

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.