Scott Prince (born 27 February 1980) is an Australian former professional

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footballer who played as a in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. An

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international and

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representative, he played club football for the

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(whom he led to the 2005 premiership, winning the

Clive Churchill Medal The Clive Churchill Medal is the award given to the player judged to be man-of-the-match in the National Rugby League's annual Grand Final. The award was created to honour Clive Churchill, one of the greatest rugby league players in Australian ...

), the

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and the

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Background

Prince was born in

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, and played junior rugby league for Town Lions in the Mount Isa competition. He attended high school at

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where he went through the rugby league programme.

North Queensland

He then began his NRL career by working his way up through the

juniors before debuting in the top grade in the newly reunited competition's first season.

Brisbane

Having won the 2000 NRL Premiership, the Broncos traveled to England to play against 2000's

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Champions,

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for the

2001 World Club Challenge The 2001 World Club Challenge was contested between Super League V champions, St. Helens and 2000 NRL season premiers, the Brisbane Broncos. The Broncos made the trip to England to play St Helens before the start of the 2001 NRL and Super Leagu ...

, with Prince playing at halfback in Brisbane's loss. The Broncos were defeated by

18-20 after leading 12-6 at half-time. At the end of the 2002 season, Prince was named the

Clubman of the Year. Prince's playing days at the

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.

Wests Tigers

Prince starred at the

, 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 The 2004 State of Origin series was the 23rd time that the annual three-game series between the Queensland and New South Wales representative rugby league football teams was contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. A pre-serie ...

. Prince also captained Wests Tigers to their inaugural grand final win in 2005, at the same time winning the

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. The following year, he played in the

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, captaining the Tigers to 10-30 loss to the

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Gold Coast

Prince returned to Queensland for

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to play for the newly established

, 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

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). 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

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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

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in the Queensland halves as they feared that both he and Thurston would get into each other's ways during the game, 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

, 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 The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 1954, and the first since the 2000 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final b ...

, and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man

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squad. 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

in the opening

match for 2009. Prince finished the 2009 NRL season as the fifth highest point scorer in the league, with 172 points (7 tries, 72 goals). In 2009 Prince signed a new contract which would have kept him at the Gold Coast until 2014. However he was released from his contract at the end of the 2012 season. Scottyprince

Prince currently has many of the Gold Coast Titans' individual records, such as the person with the most points scored (603), most points in a match (20) and most points in a season (182).

Brisbane

Prince rejoined the

for the

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. He announced his retirement from the NRL on 26 August 2013, effective at season's end. On 5 September, Prince played his 300th and last NRL game; as well as his 50th game for the

at Suncorp Stadium. His final game was a 16-11 win over

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, where he made a try-saving tackle in the 15th minute and had kicked 2 goals successfully (but missed one). At the end of his final game, his teammates rushed to hug him when the full-time siren sounded; sending him out as a winner.

Post-NRL

In 2019 Prince coached the Queensland Under 20s team alongside Paul Dyer, losing 36-10 to the New South Wales Under 20s at

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. In 2020, Prince came out of retirement to play for the semi-professional Brisbane rugby league football club

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in the 2020 season of the

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competition. He is contracted to play 10 games, plus the finals series, should the team make it that far.

Coach of Brisbane Broncos NRLW Team

In mid-November 2022 the Brisbane Broncos announced the appointment of Prince as head coach of their NRLW team for the 2023 season.

Statistics

Career highlights

*''Junior Club:'' Mount Isa Townies *''High school:''

*''

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Selection'': 1998 *''First Grade Debut:'' 1998 – Round 4, North Queensland Cowboys v Canberra Raiders at

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, 4 April. *''Premierships:'' 2005 – Wests Tigers defeated North Queensland Cowboys 30 - 16 in the

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, 2 October. *''

Club Captain:'' 2005 *''

Captain:'' 2007-2012 *''

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Debut:'' 2007 – Prime Minister's XIII v Papua New Guinea,

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, 23 September. *''Prime Minister's XIII Selection:'' 2007-2008 *''

Debut:'' 2004 –

Game 1, Queensland v New South Wales, Stadium Australia, Sydney, 26 May. *''Queensland Selection:'' 2004, 2008 *''

Test Debut:'' 2005 –

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, Australia v England,

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, 5 November. *''Australia Test Squad Selection:'' 2005, 2008 *'' Indigenous All Stars Debut:'' 2010 – Indigenous All Stars v NRL All Stars,

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, Robina,

, 13 February. *''Indigenous All Stars Selection'': 2010-2012

Honours

Scott Prince: Achievements
ScottPrince.com.au *1998

Rookie of the Year *2002

Clubman of the Year *2005

Dally M Awards The Dally M Awards are the official annual player awards for the National Rugby League competition. As well as honouring the player of the year, who received the Dally M Medal, awards are also given to the premier player in each position, the be ...

Captain of the Year *2005

winner *2005

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nominee *2007 Dally M Player of the Year nominee (equal 5th) *2008 RLIF Team of the Year (at Halfback) *2010

Halfback of the Year *2010

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Halfback of the Year

References

External links

''Scott Prince''
at the ''

'' official website. *
Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prince, Scott 1980 births Living people Australia national rugby league team players Brisbane Broncos players Clive Churchill Medal winners Gold Coast Titans captains Indigenous All Stars players North Queensland Cowboys players Prime Minister's XIII captains Queensland Rugby League State of Origin players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Mount Isa Touch footballers Wests Tigers captains