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Leon Bott
Personal information
Full name	Leon Bott
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre
Club
	Source: Yesterday's Hero As of 8 September 2008

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Leon Bott (born 30 October, 1986 in Canterbury, Sydney) is an Australian rugby league and union player.

Career

Brisbane Broncos

Leon Bott made his debut in the National Rugby League in the 2005 season playing for the Brisbane Broncos, the club he followed as a boy. He signed with the Brisbane Broncos for a reported AUD$20,000 a year and reportedly turned down a contract from the Sydney Roosters worth around AUD$350,000 a year. It proved to be worthwhile for Bott who played in 24 games and scored 13 tries for the Broncos including a hat-trick against the St George Dragons in Round 6. At the end of the 2005 season Leon Bott won the Brisbane Broncos 2005 Rookie of the Year Award. He was also nominated for the Dally M Rookie of the Year the same year but missed out to Parramatta Eels half-back Tim Smith.

The 2006 season would not be as bright for Bott as his rookie season proved to be as he injured his shoulder and struggled to hold down a Wing spot at the Broncos due to eventual Brisbane Broncos 2006 Rookie of the Year award winner Darius Boyd playing very strongly. After such a strong rookie season in 2005 in the NRL he only played once for the Broncos in 2006 and became frusturated being stuck playing with the Broncos feeder club side the Toowoomba Clydesdales in the Queensland Cup and eventually he asked for a release from the Broncos and signed mid-season with the Cronulla Sharks.

Cronulla Sharks

Again Bott never had a concrete role in the first grade squad at the Sharks and after only one appearance in the NRL in the 2006 season he again asked for a release at the end of the year.

Bulldogs

He joined his home-town team the Canterbury Bulldogs during the 2007 pre-season on a train-and-trial basis but medical staff discovered his shoulder was not stable and he required reconstructive surgery. After going through extensive rehabilitation and one-on-one fitness sessions with Bulldogs trainers, he was signed with the Bulldogs until the end of the 2008 season.

Rugby Union

He switched back to rugby union, the code he grew up playing at school, to play for Manly RUFC in the 2009 Shute Shield season.^[1]

Career Statistics

Statistics

Matches	Tries	Goals	F/G	Points
26	14	-	-	56

Matches Played

Team	Matches	Years
Brisbane Broncos	25	2005 - 2006
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	1	2006
Bulldogs	-	2007 -

References

^ "2009 NRL Player Movements". NRL Live. 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-04.

External links

[2009_NRL_Player_Movements-1] "2009 NRL Player Movements". NRL Live. 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-04.

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 == Career ==
 ===Brisbane Broncos===
-Leon Bott made his debut in the [[National Rugby League]] in the [[National Rugby League season 2005|2005 season]] playing for the [[Brisbane Broncos]], the club he followed as a boy. He signed with the [[Brisbane Broncos]] for a reported AUD$20,000 a year and reportedly turned down a contract from the [[Sydney Roosters]] worth around AUD$350,000 a year. It proved to be worthwhile for Bott who played in 24 games and scored 13 tries for the Broncos including a hat-trick against the [[St George Dragons]] in Round 6. At the end of the 2005 season Leon Bott won the [[Brisbane Broncos 2005|Brisbane Broncos 2005]] Rookie of the Year Award.  He was also nominated for the [[Dally M Awards 2005|Dally M Rookie of the Year]] the same year but missed out to [[Parramatta Eels]] half-back [[Tim Smith (rugby)|Tim Smith]].
+Leon Bott made his debut in the [[National Rugby League]] in the [[National Rugby League season 2005|2005 season]] playing for the [[Brisbane Broncos]], the club he followed as a boy. He signed with the [[Brisbane Broncos]] for a reported AUD$20,000 a year and reportedly turned down a contract from the [[Sydney Roosters]] worth around AUD$350,000 a year. It proved to be worthwhile for Bott who played in 24 games and scored 13 tries for the Broncos including a hat-trick against the [[St George Dragons]] in Round 6. At the end of the 2005 season Leon Bott won the [[Brisbane Broncos 2005]] Rookie of the Year Award.  He was also nominated for the [[Dally M Awards 2005|Dally M Rookie of the Year]] the same year but missed out to [[Parramatta Eels]] half-back [[Tim Smith (rugby)|Tim Smith]].
-The 2006 season would not be as bright for Bott as his rookie season proved to be as he injured his shoulder and struggled to hold down a Wing spot at the Broncos due to eventual [[Brisbane Broncos 2006|Brisbane Broncos 2006]] Rookie of the Year award winner [[Darius Boyd]] playing very strongly. After such a strong rookie season in 2005 in the NRL he only played once for the Broncos in 2006 and became frusturated being stuck playing with the Broncos feeder club side the [[Toowoomba Clydesdales]] in the [[Queensland Cup]] and eventually he asked for a release from the Broncos and signed mid-season with the [[Cronulla Sharks]].
+The 2006 season would not be as bright for Bott as his rookie season proved to be as he injured his shoulder and struggled to hold down a Wing spot at the Broncos due to eventual [[Brisbane Broncos 2006]] Rookie of the Year award winner [[Darius Boyd]] playing very strongly. After such a strong rookie season in 2005 in the NRL he only played once for the Broncos in 2006 and became frusturated being stuck playing with the Broncos feeder club side the [[Toowoomba Clydesdales]] in the [[Queensland Cup]] and eventually he asked for a release from the Broncos and signed mid-season with the [[Cronulla Sharks]].
 ===Cronulla Sharks===