Rugby League Career
Switching to Rugby League in 1989 he joined the St George Dragons.
He played 120 games for the Dragons from 1989–1996 and played in 3 losing Grand Final sides - 1992 & 93 against the Brisbane Broncos and 1996 against Manly. In 1997 the Back rower joined the Sydney Roosters playing 45 matches in his 2 seasons at that club. He represented Australia in Rugby League in 1991 in a Test series against Papua New Guinea. His international rugby league debut in the 1st Test against PNG in Goroka saw him become Australia's 39th dual code rugby international following Ricky Stuart and preceding Andrew Walker.
He remains the last Australian dual code international to have debuted in rugby league following a rugby union representative career. All four since have made the converse switch.
Since his retirement in 1998, Scott has pursued a business career.
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