Scott Prince
Prince in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Scott Prince
Nickname	Princey[1]
Born	27 February 1980 (1980-02-27) (age 29)
	Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998–00	North Queensland	53	9	17	0	70
2001–03	Brisbane Broncos	28	4	7	0	30
2004–06	Wests Tigers	73	18	20	3	117
2007–	Gold Coast Titans	62	19	128	2	334
	Total	216	50	172	5	551
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2004–08	Queensland	5	1	1	0	6
2005–08	Australia	4	3	14	0	40
Source: RLP

Scott Prince (born 27 February 1980 in Mount Isa, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and current co-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 in the Grand Final. 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. Having replaced Darren Lockyer, Prince himself was injured early in game three of the series, breaking his left forearm.

In August 2008, Prince was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,^[2][3] and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man Australia squad.^[4] 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.^[5]

[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

• 2005 Dally M Awards Captain of the Year
• 2005 Clive Churchill Medal winner
• 2005 Premiership winner Wests Tigers

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Gold Coast Titans profile
• Scott Prince at the State of Origin official website.
• Scott Prince at the Former Origin Greats website.