Curtis Scott

Curtis Scott (born 12 October 1997) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL.

For the game designer, see Curtis M. Scott.

Curtis Scott
Personal information
Born (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–19 Melbourne Storm 48 18 0 0 72
2020– Canberra Raiders 13 2 0 0 8
Total 61 20 0 0 80
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
As of 17 November 2020
Source: [2][3]

He has played for the Prime Minister's XIII.

Early life

Scott was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was educated at Endeavour Sports High School, Caringbah and represented 2015 Australian Schoolboys.[4]

Curtis played his junior rugby league for the Bundeena Bushrangers and Cronulla-Caringbah JRLFC, before being signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

Playing career

2015

In 2015, Scott captained the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks' S. G. Ball Cup team to the premiership.[5] In July 2015, he was named the Player of the Tournament, playing for New South Wales at the Australian Schoolboys carnival in Wollongong.[5] Later on in that same year, he played for the Sharks' NYC team.[6] In September 2015, he signed a 3-year contract with the Melbourne Storm starting in 2016, beating 11 rival NRL clubs to his signature.[5]

2016

In 2016, Scott played for Melbourne's Queensland Cup team, Sunshine Coast Falcons.[7] In round 2 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Storm against the Gold Coast Titans.[8][9] In round 4 against the Sharks, he broke his leg, ruling him out for the rest of the season.[10]

2017

In October, Scott was part of the Melbourne Storm's premiership winning team against the North Queensland Cowboys in the 2017 NRL Grand Final.[11]

2018

In round 11, Scott was sent off the field for punching Manly Warringah Sea Eagles player Dylan Walker, Scott being the first player in the last three years to be sent off.[12] He played at centre for Melbourne in the 2018 NRL Grand Final which they lost 21-6 against the Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium.[13]

2019

On 7 October, Scott earned his first representative jersey as he was named in the Australian side for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s. Later that day, Scott was named at Centre for the U23 Australian squad. On 29 November, Scott signed a contract to join Canberra until the end of the 2023 season. Scott was released by Melbourne despite having two years remaining on his contract.[14]

2020

Scott made his debut for Canberra against the Gold Coast in round 1 of the 2020 NRL season which ended in a 24-6 victory.[15]

Controversy

On 27 January 2020, Scott was arrested in Sydney's Moore Park after police were called to the area by security personnel. It was alleged that Scott had thrown a mobile phone at a passing motor vehicle and then had fallen asleep outside the Sydney Cricket Ground precinct. Police alleged that when they arrived at the scene, Scott pushed one officer away and punched the other officer in the face. These allegations were later shown to be false when bodycam video of the arrest was released.[16] He was tasered and pepper-sprayed while still on the ground and then taken to the Sydney Police Centre in Surry Hills, where he was charged with six offences including two counts of assaulting an officer in the execution of duty, behaving in an offensive or indecent manner and remaining on trust lands after a request to leave. Scott was granted conditional bail.

The incident came only days after Scott had been interviewed by Fox Sports where he stated he signed for Canberra to "stay out of the Sydney rat-race and the Sydney fishbowl". Scott also told Fox Sports "I would have had too many distractions in Sydney and it just would have been a little bit too full on. It would have been easier for me to go out and end up … not in trouble, but just not take footy as serious as I did when I moved away and focused on it".[17][18]

On 31 January 2020, Scott entered not guilty pleas to all six charges at Downing Centre Local Court. Scott's lawyer spoke on his behalf saying "We will defend this to the last breath, The police clearly misunderstood their powers. There is a significant concern about the manner in which police conducted themselves. We’ll flesh it out in due course. We’re saying Mr Scott is not guilty of all charges".[19]

On 3 March 2020, Scott was cleared by the NRL to play in round one of the 2020 NRL season after they declared he would not be subject to the league's no-fault stand down policy. The NRL released a statement saying "Scott's charges carry a maximum five years imprisonment and do not qualify for an automatic no-fault stand down. Having considered the charges against Scott, the NRL has determined that he should not be prevented from playing whilst he responds to them," the statement said. "The NRL regards the charges as extremely serious and the Raiders have been advised Scott will face a significant penalty if found guilty of the charges".[20]

On 9 September 2020, five allegations made against Scott were dropped by police after bodycam footage showed him asleep and not resisting arrest. Scott pleaded guilty however to two charges of offensive behaviour. [21]

Honours

Club

Statistics

NRL
† Denotes seasons in which Scott won an NRL Premiership
Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts W L D W-L %
2016 Melbourne 20--0011050.00
2017† Melbourne 136--024121092.31
2018* Melbourne 232--0863066.67
Career totals 25 8 0 0 0 32 19 6 0 79.17

* = Unfinished season

References
  1. NRL. "Meet Curtis Scott - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  2. "Curtis Scott - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 12 October 1997. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. "Players - Love Rugby League". Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. "Australian Schoolboys rugby league team named". NRL.com. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  5. "Storm beat 11 NRL clubs to sign teen star". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  6. "S". Nyc Database. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  7. NRL. "Rd.1 Hostplus Team Announcement - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  8. "UPDATED: Round 2 NRL team lists". NRL.com. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  9. NRL. "Late Mail: Round 2 - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  10. "Home | Live Scores & Latest News". Fox Sports. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  11. "Perfect Storm claim 2017 premiership". Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  12. "Curtis Scott punching Dylan Walker: Fans split on who is the villain". 20 May 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  13. "NRL Grand Final 2018 Melbourne v Eastern Suburbs". News.com.au.
  14. "Scott's signing doesn't mean Leilua has to leave: Furner". NRL.
  15. "Canberra Raiders v Gold Coast". www.foxsports.com.au.
  16. "Canberra Raiders player Curtis Scott apologises for behaviour that led to arrest, after charges dropped". abc.net.au.
  17. "Canberra Raiders' star signing Curtis Scott tasered and arrested after assaulting a police officer". www.foxsports.com.au.
  18. "NRL player Curtis Scott Tasered after allegedly punching officer in the face". www.smh.com.au.
  19. "'We will defend this to the last breath': Star Raiders recruit pleads not guilty to six charges". Fox Sports.
  20. "Curtis Scott allowed to play in round one by NRL". www.nrl.com.
  21. "Revealed: Incredible bodycam footage that cleared Curtis Scott as court whacks cops". www.foxsports.com.au.
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