Scott Gourley

Scott Robert Gourley (born 18 July 1968) is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played from 1986 to 1998 and achieved the status of a dual-code international representing his country in both sports. He made five Test appearances for the Wallabies and switched to rugby league in 1990 playing for the St George Dragons, the Sydney Roosters and making one Test appearance for the Kangaroos.

Background Gourley was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia, raised in Narrabri and attended Narrabri High School. He studied economics at the University of Sydney.

Gourley represented Australia in 1991 in a Test series against Papua New Guinea. His international rugby league debut in the first Test against PNG in Goroka saw him become Australia's 39th dual-code rugby international, following Ricky Stuart and preceding Andrew Walker. He is the last Australian dual-code international to have debuted in rugby league following a rugby union representative career. All others since have made the converse switch.

In addition to representing Australia, he was selected for New South Wales in one State of Origin match in 1993.

Personal Following his retirement in 1998, Gourley became a private investor. In a 2011 interview he confirmed that due to his wife's business career he had chosen to be a stay-at-home father for his three children whilst managing personal share market and real estate investments.

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