Early Career
Parks was brought up in Sydney, Australia and played rugby for West Harbour RUFC, Southern Districts RUFC and Eastern Suburbs RUFC. He also represented New South Wales at under-21 level. During his playing days in the Sydney rugby union competition, Parks broke a long standing point scoring record for the third fifteen's highest scoring replacement in a friendly game.
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