sentences:  Pontypridd won the Principality Cup in 2002 and reached the Parker Pen Shield final losing 22 – 25 to Sale Sharks.Many of the Pontypridd squad, including Parks, were called up to represent Wales on a tour to South Africa.It was here on tour versus South Africa in Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein that 24-year-old Parks earned his first full international cap on 8 June 2002, in a 34-19 defeat, from the bench.