David Scott (rugby league)

David Scott (born 18 June 1993) is a Scottish professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback or winger for the Coventry Bears in the Betfred Championship, and Scotland at international level.

Dave Scott
Personal information
Full nameDavid Scott
Born (1993-06-18) 18 June 1993
Stirling, Scotland
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight12 st 8 lb (80 kg)
Playing information
PositionWing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Featherstone Rovers
2013–15 Doncaster 61 20 85 0 250
2016–20 Batley Bulldogs 75 30 10 0 140
2021– Coventry Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Total 136 50 95 0 390
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011– Scotland 12 5 10 0 40
As of 28 December 2020
Source: [1][2]

He has previously spent time with Featherstone Rovers and played for Doncaster in the Championship.

Background

Scott was born in Stirling, Scotland.

Due to his heritage, Scott is affectionately known to his Batley Bulldogs teammates as "McCock".

Club career

Scott started playing rugby at the age of seven for his local rugby union club.[3] Scott was first introduced to rugby league when he watched it on television, and began playing the sport from the age of 12 for Easterhouse Panthers.[4] He was scouted by English Super League side Hull Kingston Rovers, who signed him in 2011.

Featherstone Rovers

He spent two years playing for Hull KR's academy before joining Featherstone Rovers ahead of the 2013 season.[5]

Doncaster

He was loaned out to Doncaster, and joined the club on a permanent deal for the 2014 season.[6]

Coventry Bears

On 4 Sep 2020 it was announced that Scott would join Coventry Bears as a player/coach[7]

Representative career

At the age of 18, Scott made his senior début for Scotland in 2011, scoring two tries and two goals in a 26–6 victory over Ireland.[8]

In 2013, Scott was selected in Scotland's 2013 Rugby League World Cup squad. He was one of two Scottish-born players to be included in the squad (the other being Matty Russell), and is the only player to have also been raised in Scotland.[3] He played in two of Scotland's four games, starting on the wing in the final group game against the United States, and keeping his place in the team in the quarter-final defeat by New Zealand.

In October and November 2014, David played in the 2014 European Cup. He scored two tries in the tournament's opening game against Wales.

In October and November 2015, David played for Scotland in the 2015 European Cup.

References
  1. RLP
  2. Love Rugby League
  3. Hadfield, Dave (14 November 2013). "Rugby League World Cup: One true Scott hoping to prolong fairy tale against holders New Zealand". The Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  4. "Now Hull KR sign up kid from Easterhouse Panthers". The Scotsman. Johnston Publishing. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  5. "Rovers raid Super League to sign five players". Featherstone Rovers RLFC. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  6. Scott wings in to Dons Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk
  7. "Scotland international Dave Scott to join Coventry as player-coach". www.loverugbyleague.com. 4 Sep 2020. Retrieved 28 Dec 2020.
  8. Morton, Donald (19 October 2011). "Rugby League: David stars for Scots". Daily Record. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
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