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Matthew Scott (born July 30 1985 in Longreach, Queensland
Longreach, Queensland

Longreach is a town located in central western Queensland, Australia and is approximately 700 kilometres from the coast, west of Rockhampton, Queensland....
) is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n rugby league
Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
 player for the North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys

The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's top rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership....
 in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top Sports league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship....
 competition.

t grew up in the small Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
 town of Ilfracombe, Queensland
Ilfracombe, Queensland

Ilfracombe is a small town in Queensland, Australia. The main industry is sheep rearing, mainly for wool. Ilfracombe is the home of a collection of antique agricultural machinery....
 where he would travel over four hours each weekend to play in Longreach.

He was convinced to attend St. Brendan's College
St. Brendan's College

This article is about the school in Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia. For the school in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, please see St Brendan's, Killarney...
 as a boarder after being spotted by coach Terry Hansen at an outback carnival. It was widely believed that while Scott could only bench press
Bench press

The bench press is a strength training exercise in which, while lying on his back, the person performing the bench press lowers a weight to the level of the chest, then pushes it back up until the arm is straight and the elbows locked ....
 60kg upon arrival at the school, he could bench press over 120kg upon graduation.






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Matthew Scott (born July 30 1985 in Longreach, Queensland
Longreach, Queensland

Longreach is a town located in central western Queensland, Australia and is approximately 700 kilometres from the coast, west of Rockhampton, Queensland....
) is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n rugby league
Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
 player for the North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys

The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's top rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership....
 in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top Sports league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship....
 competition.

Early Life and Schoolboy career

Scott grew up in the small Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
 town of Ilfracombe, Queensland
Ilfracombe, Queensland

Ilfracombe is a small town in Queensland, Australia. The main industry is sheep rearing, mainly for wool. Ilfracombe is the home of a collection of antique agricultural machinery....
 where he would travel over four hours each weekend to play in Longreach.

He was convinced to attend St. Brendan's College
St. Brendan's College

This article is about the school in Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia. For the school in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, please see St Brendan's, Killarney...
 as a boarder after being spotted by coach Terry Hansen at an outback carnival. It was widely believed that while Scott could only bench press
Bench press

The bench press is a strength training exercise in which, while lying on his back, the person performing the bench press lowers a weight to the level of the chest, then pushes it back up until the arm is straight and the elbows locked ....
 60kg upon arrival at the school, he could bench press over 120kg upon graduation. Scott was signed by the North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys

The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's top rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership....
 during his schoolboy days.


Professional career

Scott broke his leg in the opening minutes of his debut for the North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys

The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's top rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership....
 against the Parramatta Eels
Parramatta Eels

The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football football team based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta, New South Wales....
 in 2004, which ruled him out for the rest of the season.

In the following years Scott made his mark as a consistent performer, as part of a forward pack that brought the Cowboys from relative obscurity to premiership contenders.
Scott made his representative debut for Queensland in the State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin

The State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of rugby league football matches between the Queensland Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the New South Wales Rugby League team, representing the state of New South Wales....
 series in 2006.

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