Scott Prince (born 27 February 1980 in Mount Isa, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and current captain of the Gold Coast Titans club of the National Rugby League. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative halfback, he has also played club football for the Wests Tigers (whom he led to the 2005 premiership, winning the Clive Churchill Medal), the Brisbane Broncos and the North Queensland Cowboys.
[edit] North Queensland
Prince attended high school at Ignatius Park College in Townsville where he went through the rugby league programme. He then began his NRL career by working his way up through the North Queensland Cowboys juniors before debuting in the top grade in the newly-reunited competition's first season.
[edit] Brisbane
Prince's playing days at the Brisbane Broncos were marred by injury that severely limited his game time. Prince broke his leg on two separate occasions, leading to him being released by the club.
[edit] Wests Tigers
Prince starred at the Wests Tigers, becoming captain of the club and making his debut for Queensland and Australia during his time at the club. He was selected as the Maroons halfback for all 3 games of the 2004 State of Origin series. Prince also captained Wests Tigers to their inaugural grand final win in 2005, at the same time winning the Clive Churchill Medal for Man of the Match. That year he also became the first player from the joint venture Tigers club to earn an Australian representative debut.
[edit] Gold Coast
Prince returned to Queensland for NRL season 2007 to play for the newly-established Gold Coast Titans, becoming only the second player ever to play for all three Queensland teams in the top-level: Brisbane, North Queensland and Gold Coast (the first being Dale Shearer). He was named co-captain of the inaugural team with Luke Bailey.
Prince was a star for the Gold Coast before his injury which kept him out for several weeks. Prince made a return for the Titans and they finished 12th on the ladder; one win away from the Top 8.
Prince began 2008 as co-captain with Luke Bailey. It was announced that Prince would replace the injured Darren Lockyer in the second game of the 2008 Origin series. It was initially revealed by the selectors that they were reluctant to select Prince alongside fellow halfback Johnathan Thurston in the Queensland halves as they feared that both he and Thurston would get into each other's ways during the game,[citation needed] however on the night both complemented each other's game and led Queensland to a record win against the Blues (Thurston, for his part was forced to shift to five-eighth to cover for Lockyer's loss). Having replaced Darren Lockyer, Prince himself was injured early in game three of the series, breaking his left forearm, in a game Queensland won 16–10 to win a third consecutive series. In all Prince played five Origins, for three wins and two losses.
In August 2008, Prince was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[1][2] and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man Australia squad.[3] He also played one match in the World Cup against England.
In April 2009, he was named in the preliminary 25 man squad to represent Queensland in the opening State of Origin match for 2009.[4]
Prince signed a new contract which keeps him at Gold Coast until 2014.[5]
[edit] Statistics
(* denotes season still competing)
[edit] Representative games
- State Of Origin: Five games for Queensland in 2004 and 2008
- Kangaroos Tour: Four games for Australia between 2005 and 2008
[edit] Career highlights
- Junior Club: Mount Isa Townies
- High school: Ignatius Park College
- First Grade Début: Round 4, North Queensland v Canberra at Dairy Farmers Stadium, 4 April 1998
- First Grade Record: 203 appearances, 46 tries, 128 goals and 5 field goals
[edit] References
- ^ Liam FitzGibbon (2008-08-01). "Surprises in Kangaroos squad". "Fox Sports News (Australia)". http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24111780-23214,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad". International Herald Tribune. 2008-08-01. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/sports/AS-RGL-Australia-Squad.php. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Manly six win Australia call-up". BBC. 2008-10-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656211.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
- ^ "Queensland name preliminary State of Origin squad". Fox Sports. 2009-04-28. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25398645-5016947,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ Ja, Crystal (2009-04-15). "Scott Prince re-signs for further five years with Gold Coast Titans". Fox Sports. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25337707-23214,00.html. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
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