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| Born | (1980-02-27)27 February 1980 (age 45) Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (12 st 11 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scott Prince (born 27 February 1980) is an Australian former professionalrugby league footballer who played as ahalfback in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
AnAustralian international andQueenslandState of Origin representative, he played club football for theWests Tigers (whom he led to the2005 premiership, winning theClive Churchill Medal), theGold Coast Titans,Brisbane Broncos and theNorth Queensland Cowboys. Prince is currently the head coach of theBrisbane Broncos Women which won the 2025 NRLW Premiership2025 season
Prince was born inMount Isa,Queensland, Australia, and played junior rugby league for Town Lions in the Mount Isa competition. He attended high school atIgnatius Park College inTownsville where he went through the rugby league programme.
He then began his NRL career by working his way up through theNorth Queensland Cowboys juniors before debuting in the top grade in the newly reunited competition'sfirst season.[citation needed]
Having won the2000 NRL Premiership, the Broncos traveled to England to play against 2000'sSuper League V Champions,St Helens R.F.C. for the2001 World Club Challenge, with Prince playing at halfback in Brisbane's loss. The Broncos were defeated bySt Helens R.F.C. 18-20 after leading 12–6 at half-time. At the end of the 2002 season, Prince was named theBrisbane Broncos Clubman of the Year. Prince's playing days at theBrisbane 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.[2][3]
Prince starred at theWests 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 the2004 State of Origin series. Prince also captained Wests Tigers to their inauguralgrand final win in 2005, at the same time winning theClive 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 the2006 World Club Challenge, captaining the Tigers to 10–30 loss to theBradford Bulls.[citation needed]
Prince returned to Queensland for the2007 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 beingDale Shearer). He was named co-captain of the inaugural team withLuke 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 injuredDarren Lockyer in the second game of the2008 State of Origin series. Prince andJohnathan 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 replacedDarren 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 thepreliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the2008 Rugby League World Cup,[4][5] and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-manAustralia squad.[6]He also played one match in the World Cup against England.
In April 2009, he was named in the preliminary 25 man squad to representQueensland in the openingState of Origin match for 2009.[7] 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.[8] However he was released from his contract at the end of the 2012 season.
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).
Prince rejoined theBrisbane Broncos for the2013 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 theBrisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium. His final game was a 16–11 win overCanterbury-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]
In 2019, Prince coached theQueensland Under 20s team alongside Paul Dyer, losing 36–10 to theNew South Wales Under 20s atANZ Stadium. In 2020, Prince came out of retirement to play for the semi-professional Brisbane rugby league football clubFortitude Valley Diehards in the 2020 season of theBrisbane Rugby League premiership competition.[9] 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 theirNRLW team for the2023 season.[10]
| Season | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 |  North Queensland Cowboys | 16 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| 1999 | 18 | 2 | 4 | - | 16 | |
| 2000 | 19 | 6 | 13 | - | 50 | |
| 2001 |  Brisbane Broncos | 19 | 4 | 2 | - | 20 |
| 2002 | 2 | - | 5 | - | 10 | |
| 2003 | 7 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2004 |  Wests Tigers | 21 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 28 | 12 | - | 2 | 50 | |
| 2006 | 24 | 5 | 20 | - | 60 | |
| 2007 |  Gold Coast Titans | 22 | 7 | - | - | 28 |
| 2008 | 16 | 5 | 51 | 2 | 124 | |
| 2009 | 24 | 7 | 77 | - | 182 | |
| 2010 | 21 | 4 | 66 | 3 | 151 | |
| 2011 | 19 | 5 | 38 | - | 96 | |
| 2012 | 22 | 4 | 61 | - | 138 | |
| 2013 | Brisbane Broncos | 22 | 4 | 52 | - | 120 |
| Totals | 300 | 67 | 389 | 8 | 1054 |