Scott Wilson (rugby league, born 1970)

For the rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s for Halifax, see Scott Wilson (1980s rugby league).
Scott Wilson
Personal information
Full nameScott Wilson
Born (1970-11-08) 8 November 1970
Playing information
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
PositionFullback, Wing, Centre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1988–90 South Sydney 13 3 0 0 12
1991–92 North Sydney Bears 20 6 0 0 24
1993–94 Canterbury Bulldogs 30 9 2 0 38
1994–95 Salford City
1995 Gold Coast Seagulls 17 5 0 0 20
1996–97 Western Reds 23 7 0 0 28
1998 North Qld Cowboys 2 0 0 0 0
1998 Canterbury Bulldogs 4 0 0 0 0
1998–99 Warrington Wolves 28 8 0 0 32
Total 137 38 2 0 154
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997 New South Wales (SL) 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

Scott Wilson (born 8 November 1970) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played as a fullback, wing, centre or five-eighth.[2]

Playing career

Wilson as a youngster played in the South Sydney Juniors competition for Coogee Randwick Wombats. While at South Sydney High School in 1986, Wilson was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.[3]

Wilson made his first grade début for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in round 8 of the 1988 NSWRL season against Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval, coming off the bench in the second half. It later transpired that he was used as an illegal replacement and Souths were ultimately stripped of the two competition points they earned that afternoon. He would be sacked by South Sydney in 1990 after returning a position test for cocaine, and was sacked again by the North Sydney Bears during the 1991 season for another positive drugs test.[4]

He started at fullback in the 1994 Winfield Cup Grand Final for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs against the Canberra Raiders. Wilson was benched by coach Chris Anderson after a number of errors in the first half.[4]

Wilson played for six first grade clubs during his career: South Sydney Rabbitohs, North Sydney Bears, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (twice), Gold Coast, Western Reds and North Queensland Cowboys, scoring 30 tries in 109 first grade matches.[4] He also played for Salford and Warrington Wolves in the Super League competition.

Wilson was selected to represent New South Wales as an interchange player for game III of the 1997 Super League Tri-series against New Zealand.[5]

Career highlights

Footnotes

  1. ^ "NRL Stats". 203.166.101.37. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". Sporting Pulse. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  4. ^ a b c Elbra, Tim (1 May 2025). "Death, drugs and dirty deeds: A brief, bizarre history of every Western Reds player". foxsports.com.au. News Corporation Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Superleague Tri-Series 1997 Series - Game 3". Rugby League Project. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
  6. ^ "Scott Wilson". NRL Stats. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
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