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{{short description|Australia international rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
| name         = Scott Prince
| caption      = 
| fullname     = 
| image        = Scott Prince (23 April 2005).jpg
| image_size   = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|02|27}}
| retired      = yes
| birth_place  = [[Mount Isa]], Queensland, Australia
| height       = {{convert|177|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight       = {{convert|81|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
| position     = {{rlp|HB|FE}}
| club1        = {{nowrap|[[North Queensland Cowboys|North Qld Cowboys]]}}
| year1start   = 1998
| year1end     = 00
| appearances1 = 53
| tries1       = 9
| goals1       = 17
| fieldgoals1  = 0
| points1      = 70
| club2        = [[Brisbane Broncos]]
| year2start   = 2001
| year2end     = 03
| appearances2 = 28
| tries2       = 4
| goals2       = 7
| fieldgoals2  = 0
| points2      = 30
| club3        = [[Wests Tigers]]
| year3start   = 2004
| year3end     = 06
| appearances3 = 73
| tries3       = 18
| goals3       = 20
| fieldgoals3  = 3
| points3      = 115
| club4        = {{nowrap|[[Gold Coast Titans]]}}
| year4start   = 2007
| year4end     = 12
| appearances4 = 124
| tries4       = 32
| goals4       = 293
| fieldgoals4  = 5
| points4      = 719
| club5        = [[Brisbane Broncos]]
| year5start   = 2013
| year5end     = 
| appearances5 = 22
| tries5       = 4
| goals5       = 52
| fieldgoals5  = 0
| points5      = 120
| teamA        = {{nowrap|[[Queensland Residents]]}}
| yearAstart   = 2003
| yearAend     = 
| appearancesA = 1
| triesA       = 1
| goalsA       = 6
| fieldgoalsA  = 0
| pointsA      = 16
| teamB        = [[Queensland rugby league team|Queensland]]
| yearBstart   = 2004
| yearBend     = 08
| appearancesB = 5
| triesB       = 1
| goalsB       = 1
| fieldgoalsB  = 0
| pointsB      = 6
| teamC        = [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]]
| yearCstart   = 2005
| yearCend     = 08
| appearancesC = 4
| triesC       = 3
| goalsC       = 14
| fieldgoalsC  = 0
| pointsC      = 40
| teamD           = {{nowrap|[[Prime Minister's XIII]]}}
| yearDstart      = 2007
| yearDend        = 12
| appearancesD    = 3
| triesD          = 0
| goalsD          = 10
| fieldgoalsD     = 0
| pointsD         = 20
| teamE           = {{nowrap|[[All Stars Match|Indigenous All Stars]]}}
| yearEstart      = 2010
| yearEend        = 13
| appearancesE    = 4
| triesE          = 0
| goalsE          = 2
| fieldgoalsE     = 0
| pointsE         = 4
| coachteam1      = {{nowrap|[[Brisbane Broncos Women]]}}
| coachyear1start = 2023
| coachyear1end   = present
| coachgames1     = 10
| coachwins1      = 6
| coachdraws1     = 0
| coachlosses1    = 4
| source          = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/scott-prince/summary.html |title=Rugby League Project |access-date=29 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716234743/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/scott-prince/summary.html |archive-date=16 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| updated         = 8 January 2024
}}

'''Scott Prince''' (born 27 February 1980) is an Australian former professional [[rugby league]] footballer who played as a {{rlp|hb}} in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

An [[Australian Kangaroos|Australian]] international and [[Queensland Maroons|Queensland]] [[State of Origin series|State of Origin]] representative, he played club football for the [[Wests Tigers]] (whom he led to the [[2005 NRL season|2005 premiership]], winning the [[Clive Churchill Medal]]), the [[Gold Coast Titans]], [[Brisbane Broncos]] and the [[North Queensland Cowboys]].

==Background==
Prince was born in [[Mount Isa]], [[Queensland]], Australia, and played junior rugby league for Town Lions in the Mount Isa competition. He attended high school at [[Ignatius Park College]] in [[Townsville]] where he went through the rugby league programme.

==North Queensland==
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 [[1998 NRL season|first season]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

==Brisbane==
Having won the [[2000 NRL Premiership]], the Broncos traveled to England to play against 2000's [[Super League V]] Champions, [[St Helens R.F.C.]] for the [[2001 World Club Challenge]], with Prince playing at halfback in Brisbane's loss.  The Broncos were defeated by [[St Helens R.F.C.]] 18-20 after leading 12–6 at half-time.  At the end of the 2002 season, Prince was named the [[Brisbane Broncos]] Clubman of the Year.  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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Prince retires - Broncos put up 'now hiring' signs |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2013/08/26/scott-prince-retires-broncos-put-up-now-hiring-signs/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=The Roar |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-14 |title=VIDEO: All Star Invitational Game - Scott Prince |url=https://www.titans.com.au/news/2018/06/15/video-all-star-invitational-game---scott-prince/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Gold Coast Titans |language=en}}</ref>

==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 [[2005 NRL Grand Final|grand final win in 2005]], at the same time winning the [[Clive Churchill Medal]] 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 [[2006 World Club Challenge]], captaining the Tigers to 10–30 loss to the [[Bradford Bulls]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

==Gold Coast==
Prince returned to Queensland for the [[2007 NRL season]] 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 (rugby league)|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 State of Origin series]]. Prince and [[Johnathan Thurston]] complemented each other's game and led Queensland to a then-record win against the Blues (Thurston, for his part was forced to shift to five-eighth to cover for Lockyer's loss). Having replaced [[Darren Lockyer]], 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 [[Australia national rugby league team#Rugby League World Cup Squad|preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad]] for the [[2008 Rugby League World Cup]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Liam FitzGibbon|publisher="Fox Sports News (Australia)"|title=Surprises in Kangaroos squad|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24111780-23214,00.html|access-date=2008-08-02|date=2008-08-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808144730/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0%2C8659%2C24111780-23214%2C00.html|archive-date=8 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad">{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/sports/AS-RGL-Australia-Squad.php|title=Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad|publisher=International Herald Tribune|date=2008-08-01|access-date=2008-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916064704/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/sports/AS-RGL-Australia-Squad.php|archive-date=16 September 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man [[2008 Rugby League World Cup squads#Australia|Australia]] squad.<ref name="Manly six win Australia call-up">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656211.stm|title=Manly six win Australia call-up|publisher=BBC|date=2008-10-07|access-date=2008-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010140001/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656211.stm|archive-date=10 October 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 state rugby league team|Queensland]] in the opening [[Rugby League State of Origin|State of Origin]] match for 2009.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports]]|location=Australia|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25398645-5016947,00.html|title=Queensland name preliminary State of Origin squad|access-date=2009-04-28|date=2009-04-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205023328/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25398645-5016947,00.html|archive-date=5 December 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last= Ja|first=Crystal|title=Scott Prince re-signs for further five years with Gold Coast Titans|work=[[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports]]|location=Australia|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25337707-23214,00.html|date=2009-04-15|access-date=2010-09-19}}</ref> However he was released from his contract at the end of the 2012 season.
[[File:Scottyprince.jpg|thumb|right|Prince playing for the Gold Coast Titans in 2010]]
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 [[Brisbane Broncos]] for the [[2013 NRL season]]. 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 [[Brisbane Broncos]] at Suncorp Stadium. His final game was a 16–11 win over [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs|Canterbury-Bankstown]], 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.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

==Post-NRL==
In 2019, Prince coached the [[Queensland under-20 rugby league team|Queensland Under 20s team]] alongside Paul Dyer, losing 36–10 to the [[New South Wales Under-20 rugby league team|New South Wales Under 20s]] at [[ANZ Stadium]]. In 2020, Prince came out of retirement to play for the semi-professional Brisbane rugby league football club [[Fortitude Valley Diehards]] in the 2020 season of the [[Brisbane Rugby League premiership]] competition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scott Prince is coming out of retirement!|publisher=[[Nine Network]]|url=https://www.facebook.com/132480940099139/videos/770910223450254/|date=2009-06-10|access-date=2010-08-01}}</ref> He is contracted to play 10 games, plus the finals series, should the team make it that far.

In mid-November 2022, the Brisbane Broncos announced the appointment of Prince as head coach of their [[Brisbane Broncos Women|NRLW team]] for the [[2023 NRL Women's season|2023 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2022/11/16/broncos-announce-prince-as-nrlw-coach-for-2023/|title=Broncos announce Prince as NRLW coach for 2023|date=16 November 2022|publisher=National Rugby League|access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref>

==Statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Season !! Team !! style="width:40px;"|Pld !! style="width:40px;"|T !! style="width:40px;"|G !! style="width:40px;"|FG !! style="width:40px;"|P
|-
| [[1998 North Queensland Cowboys season|1998]]|| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| {{leagueicon|North Queensland|23}} [[North Queensland Cowboys]]|| 16|| 1|| -|| -|| 4
|-
| [[1999 North Queensland Cowboys season|1999]]|| 18|| 2|| 4|| -|| 16
|-
| [[2000 North Queensland Cowboys season|2000]]|| 19|| 6|| 13|| -|| 50
|-
| [[2001 Brisbane Broncos season|2001]]|| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| {{leagueicon|Brisbane|23}} [[Brisbane Broncos]]|| 19|| 4|| 2|| -|| 20
|-
| [[2002 Brisbane Broncos season|2002]]|| 2|| -|| 5|| -|| 10
|-
| [[2003 Brisbane Broncos season|2003]]|| 7|| -|| -|| -|| -
|-
| [[2004 Wests Tigers season|2004]]|| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| {{leagueicon|Wests Tigers|23}} [[Wests Tigers]]|| 21|| 1|| -|| 1|| 5
|-
| [[2005 Wests Tigers season|2005]]|| 28|| 12|| -|| 2|| 50
|-
| [[2006 Wests Tigers season|2006]]|| 24|| 5|| 20|| -|| 60
|-
| [[2007 Gold Coast Titans season|2007]]|| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="6"| {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Titans|23}} [[Gold Coast Titans]]|| 22|| 7|| -|| -|| 28
|-
| [[2008 Gold Coast Titans season|2008]]|| 16|| 5|| 51|| 2|| 124
|-
| [[2009 Gold Coast Titans season|2009]]|| 24|| 7|| 77|| -|| 182
|-
| [[2010 Gold Coast Titans season|2010]]|| 21|| 4|| 66|| 3|| 151
|-
| [[2011 Gold Coast Titans season|2011]]|| 19|| 5|| 38|| -|| 96
|- 
| [[2012 Gold Coast Titans season|2012]]|| 22|| 4|| 61|| -|| 138
|- 
| [[2013 Brisbane Broncos season|2013]]|| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"| {{leagueicon|Brisbane|23}} [[Brisbane Broncos]]|| 22|| 4|| 52|| -|| 120
|-
! !! Totals !! 300 !! 67 !! 389 !! 8 !! 1054 
|}

==Career highlights==
*''Junior Club:'' Mount Isa Townies
*''High school:'' [[Ignatius Park College]]
*''[[Junior Kangaroos]] Selection'': 1998
*''First Grade Debut:'' 1998 – Round 4, North Queensland Cowboys v Canberra Raiders at [[Dairy Farmers Stadium]], [[Townsville]], [[Queensland]], 4 April.
*''Premierships:''  2005 – Wests Tigers defeated North Queensland Cowboys 30–16 in the [[2005 NRL Grand Final|Grand Final]], [[Stadium Australia]], [[Sydney]], 2 October.
*''[[Wests Tigers]] Club Captain:'' 2005
*''[[Gold Coast Titans]] Captain:'' 2007-2012
*''[[Prime Minister's XIII]] Debut:'' 2007 – Prime Minister's XIII v Papua New Guinea, [[Lloyd Robson Oval]], [[Port Moresby]], [[Papua New Guinea]], 23 September.
*''Prime Minister's XIII Selection:'' 2007-2008
*''[[Queensland rugby league team|Queensland]] Debut:'' 2004 – [[Rugby League State of Origin|State of Origin]] Game 1, Queensland v New South Wales, Stadium Australia, Sydney, 26 May.
*''Queensland Selection:'' 2004, 2008
*''[[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] Test Debut:'' 2005 – [[Rugby League Tri-Nations]], Australia v England, [[DW Stadium]], [[Wigan]], [[England]], 5 November.
*''Australia Test Squad Selection:'' 2005, 2008
*''[[All Stars Match|Indigenous All Stars]] Debut:'' 2010 – Indigenous All Stars v NRL All Stars, [[Skilled Park]], [[Robina, Queensland|Robina]], [[Queensland]], 13 February.
*''Indigenous All Stars Selection'': 2010-2012

==Honours==
<ref>[http://www.scottprince.com.au/achievements Scott Prince: Achievements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410054804/http://scottprince.com.au/achievements |date=10 April 2013 }} ScottPrince.com.au</ref>
*1998 [[North Queensland Cowboys]] Rookie of the Year
*2002 [[Brisbane Broncos]] [[Brisbane Broncos Honours|Clubman of the Year]]
*2005 [[Dally M Awards]] Captain of the Year
*2005 [[Clive Churchill Medal]] winner
*2005 [[Provan-Summons Medal]] nominee
*2007 [[2007 Dally M Awards|Dally M Player of the Year]] nominee (equal 5th)
*2008 [[2008 RLIF Awards|RLIF Team of the Year]] (at Halfback)
*2010 [[Dally M Awards]] Halfback of the Year
*2010 [[RLIF Awards|RLIF]] Halfback of the Year

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111112065937/http://www.titans.com.au/default.aspx?s=player-profile-display&id=1226&player=scott-prince&team=Titans ''Scott Prince''] at the ''[[Gold Coast Titans]]'' official website.
*{{FOGS player|scott-prince}}
*[http://www.scottprince.com.au/ Personal website]

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