Parcell (left) playing for the Queensland Residents in 2015.
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Personal information
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Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
30 October 1992 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Parcell (born 30 October 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. He plays at hooker. He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League.
Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Parcell played his junior rugby league for the Fassifern Bombers, before being signed by the Ipswich Jets.
Parcell is the grandson of former Australian international Gary Parcell.
In 2015, Parcell joined the Brisbane Broncos. In the pre-season, he beat former Bronco Jake Granville's 2.5 kilometre cross country record twice in one hour and then set a new mark for the Broncos' 1.8 kilometre run, while he can also run 40 metres in under five seconds. On 3 May, he played for the Queensland Residents against the New South Wales Residents. In Round 12 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Broncos against the Canberra Raiders. On 18 August, he signed a 3-year contract with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2016.
Parcell's first competitive showing with the Sea Eagles was during the first day of the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines at Eden Park in New Zealand. He crossed for the winning try for Manly in their opening game against the Broncos, and later replicated the feat by scoring the winning try in their second game against the New Zealand Warriors. In December, he signed a 3-year contract with Super League side Leeds Rhinos, after being released from the final two years of his Sea Eagles contract.