The
baby in the Cornish Pirates squad, Scott is another player with enormous potential
to do well in the game.
Having
attended Ludgvan Primary School, the village a junior soccer hotbed in Penwith,
it is perhaps no surprise that Scott didn't start playing rugby until he was 11.
By then he had moved on to St. Ives School, the Lelant boy soon joining Hayle
and playing for them from the age of 11 to 17.
Whilst
at the 'Lions' he was under the watchful eye of Tony Cook, a lock capped 102 times
for Cornwall, him then moving just a few miles up the A30 to Redruth where he
made his debut in the Powergen Cup against Exeter Chiefs. Now at Truro College,
and a member of the South West of England Rugby Academy (SWERA), his mentor was
former England prop forward Robin Cowling.
Scott
played for Cornwall twice in the 2005-06 County Championship, having previously
played for the county at U15 and U16 levels, and made a mighty impression in the
match played against a strong Devon side at Redruth. Cornwall lost 22-15, but
he cleaned up the line-out and certainly made his presence felt about the pitch.
He
had played for England U18s and then the U19s side, making his debut in a Six
Nations match played in Rome in 2006. In 2007 he again represented England U19s,
this time in the World Championships played in Belfast. A highlight was starting
the quarter-final match against New Zealand, the English team putting up a brave
performance against baby 'All Blacks' team that beat South Africa in the final.
Scott, who has something
of a 'John Eales' about him, and is certainly someone to emulate, also made six
appearances as a replacement for the Pirates during the 2006-07 season, which
is a figure that he'll now be looking to build upon.
