{"id":370090,"date":"2024-02-23T04:39:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T05:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=370090"},"modified":"2024-02-23T08:03:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T08:03:46","slug":"afl-premiers-land-cricket-star-in-massive-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=370090","title":{"rendered":"AFL premiers land cricket star in massive coup"},"content":{"rendered":"

C\ufeffollingwood<\/a> has officially finalised their 2024 playing list, signing former Victorian<\/a> and Hobart Hurricanes<\/a> cricketer Wil Parker.<\/p>\n

Parker, who played BBL<\/a> for the Hurricanes, as well as Sheffield Shield for Victoria, joins the club as a category B rookie, after choosing to give away the bat and ball for the footy.<\/p>\n

Back in 2019, the 21-year-old was playing for the Eastern Ranges, making him eligible for the 2020 draft.<\/p>\n

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However, he decided at the time to pursue his cricketing goals, landing a spot on Victoria's list, before taking up the opportunity to move south and play with the Hurricanes in the BBL.<\/p>\n

Parker made his first-class debut for Victoria in 2020.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Wil<\/p>\n

\ufeffFlash forward to 2024, Parker's limited cricketing opportunities have spurred his eagerness to return to football.<\/p>\n

Collingwood footy boss Graham Wright spoke highly on Parker's assets\ufeff, noting that he "will fit in seamlessly" to the Pies' elite sporting envionment, considering his background.<\/p>\n

"Wil was a talented junior footballer before pursuing cricket. He's now in a position where he is ready to return to football," Wright said in a club statement.<\/p>\n

"Wil has experience in an elite sporting environment and will fit seamlessly into our program.<\/p>\n

\"Pendlebury<\/p>\n

"He will gradually integrate into training over the coming month or two as he transitions into a full-time AFL program.<\/p>\n

"We're pleased to have Wil join our program ahead of the upcoming season."<\/p>\n

\ufeffParker's signing officially completes the reigning premiers' 2024 playing list.<\/p>\n

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The Pies' final lists spots were hotly contested, with Lachie Sullivan, former Saint Jack Bytel and former Bomber Josh Eyre cementing their place on Collingwood's list.<\/p>\n

Collingwood will take part in the AFL's new Opening Round<\/a> fixture, taking place the week before round one, facing the GWS Giants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

C\ufeffollingwood has officially finalised their 2024 playing list, signing former Victorian and Hobart Hurricanes cricketer Wil Parker. Parker, who played BBL for the Hurricanes, as […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":370092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370094,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370090\/revisions\/370094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/370092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}