Richard David Parks

Richard Parks

Wales
	Full name Richard David Parks Born August 14, 1977, Pontypridd Current age 46 years 249 days Major teams Barbarians, Dragons, Leeds Tykes, Perpignan, Wales Position Flanker Height 6 ft 2 in Weight 233 lb

Test career
	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Won	Lost	Draw	%
All Tests	2002-2003	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	50

Career statistics
Test debut	South Africa v Wales at Bloemfontein, Jun 8, 2002 match details
Last Test	Wales v Scotland at Millennium Stadium, Aug 30, 2003 match details
Test Statsguru	Main menu \| Career summary \| Match list \| Tournament list

English Premiership
Team	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Won	Lost	Draw	%
All matches	2004-2006	35	31	4	5	1	0	0	0	11	24	0	31.42
Leeds Tykes	2004-2006	35	31	4	5	1	0	0	0	11	24	0	31.42

Profile

Parks is a former Welsh international rugby player, earning caps against South Africa, Fiji, Scotland and Ireland. He also represented the Barbarians and Wales Sevens on the IRB world circuit and in the World Cup.

As a back row forward, he made a name for himself as a hard, prolific tackler and support player. However, he was forced to retire from the game in 2009 due to a career ending shoulder injury. Parks was an integral part of both the Principality Cup winning Pontypridd side and the Powergen Cup winning Leeds Tykes.

After a spell playing for the French club USA Perpignan, he returned to Wales with the Gwent Dragons, passionate to represent his country again. Despite putting himself back into contention for further Test caps with his performances for the region, sadly injury prevented his return to the international stage and ultimately forced his early retirement from what was a highly successful 13 year career in professional rugby.

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