Matthew Parker

Matthew Parker (born 25 January 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played 30 matches over 4 seasons in his AFL career.

AFL career

St Kilda (2019–2020)

Parker was drafted to the Saints with pick 47 in the 2018 AFL draft from South Fremantle in the WAFL. He played 17 games in his debut season but managed only 2 in his 2nd and final season with the club. He was delisted at the end of 2020.

Return to South Fremantle (2021) After being delisted by St Kilda, Parker returned to his former WAFL club South Fremantle. He was selected to represent Western Australia in the interstate match against South Australia in 2021.

Richmond (2021–2022) In the 2021 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft, Parker was selected by Richmond with the 10th pick. Parker played his first game with Richmond in round 18 against the Brisbane Lions.

On the 23rd of September, Parker committed to a new one-year deal to remain at Punt Road in 2022.

In 2022 Parker called time on his Richmond career and returned home to Western Australia for family reasons.

Post AFL (2023–) Parker again joined South Fremantle for the 2023 season. After an injury interrupted 2023, Parker had a much improved 2024 season, being selected to represent Western Australia against South Australia. In 2025 he was a member of South a Fremantle's premiership winning team, finished second in the Sandover Medal and was also awarded the club's best and fairest award, the WJ Hughes Medal.

AFL statistics 2019

2020

2021

2022

30 23 21 214 117 331 91 94 0.8 0.7 7.1 3.9 11.0 3.0 3.1