Scott Anderson (born 8 January 1986) is an Australian former professional
rugby league
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footballer who played in the 2000 and 2010s. He played for the
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, betw ...
of the
Super League. A , he previously played for the
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. ...
. He also played for the
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd., commonly referred to as the Broncos, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos play in Australia's elite c ...
.
Playing career
Melbourne Storm
Anderson played from the interchange bench in Melbourne's
2008 NRL Grand Final
The 2008 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2008 NRL season. It was played between the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Melbourne Storm on Sunday, 5 October at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
The 2008 Grand Final ...
loss to
Manly.
The following season he played in the
2009 NRL Grand Final
The 2009 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership season. Played on 4 October 2009 at Sydney's ANZ Stadium was contested between the Parramatta Eels and the Melbourne Storm, the latte ...
victory over the
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League.
The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...
, again from the bench. This premiership was later stripped in 2010 due to the club's multiple and deliberate breaches of the salary cap.
Brisbane Broncos
On 12 November 2009 it was announced he had signed with the
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd., commonly referred to as the Broncos, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos play in Australia's elite c ...
on a two-year deal.
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Anderson signed with the Wildcats in 2013, joining the club for the
2014 season, originally on a one-year contract.
He retired from rugby league at the end of the 2016 season.
Statistics
References
External links
''Scott Anderson''at the
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd., commonly referred to as the Broncos, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos play in Australia's elite c ...
official website
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1986 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
Brisbane Broncos players
Melbourne Storm players
Norths Devils players
Rugby league players from Nambour, Queensland
Rugby league props
Wakefield Trinity players