SINGLETON Roosters midfielder Andrew Scott’s sublime performance for the Black Diamond AFL representative team in their convincing win over the Farrer FNL highlighted his wealth of playing experience at a very high level in both the WAFL and the NEAFL.
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The 28-year-old began his Australian Rules journey as a junior with the Jindalee AFC in suburban Brisbane.
He went through those ranks with Jindalee and started senior footy at 16 years of age with Brisbane’s Western Magpies.
After two seasons with the Magpies, he graduated to the QAFL with the Mt Gravatt AFC in 2009.
The Subiaco footy club in the Western Australian Football League were contacted by a Queensland official and made an offer to Scott to cross the Nullarbor to play in the WAFL.
Sensing an opportunity to play very high-level football at a relatively young age, he shifted to Perth to try his luck in the WAFL.
Playing as a tagger and also as a back pocket/half-back flanker, Scott managed five senior games and nine reserves fixtures for Subiaco in 2010 before succumbing to a serious ankle cartilage injury that required season-ending surgery.
The creation of the NEAFL saw him head home to Brisbane for 2011, joining his older brother Luke to once again play with Mt Gravatt.
Scott explained that while in the NEAFL at Mt Gravatt, he transitioned from the half-back line to the midfield, undergoing an “apprenticeship” on the ball in learning the vagaries and building the core fitness required of a full-tine midfielder.
He played three full seasons of NEAFL football with Mt Gravatt before rationalisation of the NEAFL saw Mt Gravatt head back to QAFL.
He wanted to stay in the NEAFL to play a higher standard of football, so he transferred to the Redland Bombers.
Scott returned to Mt Gravatt in the QAFL for the 2015 season, where he played three games before moving to the Hunter Valley.
His partner, Lynan, graduated from the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus with a Mining Engineering degree at the end of 2014.
When she was offered a two-year Graduate Engineering position at Mt Thorley near Singleton, they decided to move to the area.
Scott is currently working as a lifeguard in Singleton while studying a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the University of Newcastle in Callaghan.
With Lynan’s two-year graduate position finishing in 2017, they are both hoping for an extension of her employment at Mt Thorley as they are very happy living and working in Singleton.
And, playing with the Roosters has been very enjoyable over the past 18 months for Scott.
“This year’s performances have been very positive,” he said.
“We’re aiming for success in 2016 to build a platform for Singleton to re-join the Black Diamond Cup, be that in 2017 or 2018.
“The Roosters committee and playing group are united in their goal of playing in the best competition in the region.”
With Scott in their ranks, a rise to the Black Diamond Cup would be welcomed by all.
Singleton is again at its Rose Point Park headquarters this Saturday as the club hosts Terrigal Avoca.
First bounce is scheduled for 1pm.
