Scott Geddes

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Scott Geddes
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Personal information
Born (1980-10-18) 18 October 1980 (age 44)
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2002–12 South Sydney 12550020
Source: [1]

Scott Geddes (born 18 October 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for eleven seasons (2002-2012) as a prop forward for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League.

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Education

Geddes attended Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield, [2] a renowned rugby league school, for three years (1996 to 1998). [3]

Football

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Both Geddes and Luke Stuart were the first players to sign with the club when the club was re-instated in the National Rugby League (NRL). [4] [5]

Debut

Geddes made his first grade debut in round 2 of the 2002 NRL season against the Canberra Raiders. [6] [7]

Career

Geddes played for Souths during a tough period for the club when they finished last in 2003, 2004, and 2006. In 2007, he made 11 appearances as Souths reached the finals for the first time since 1989. [8] [9]

Geddes was a dominant force on the field. He was a large part of the team's successes in 2009 although the club narrowly missed the finals. He scored the winning try with just 4 seconds to go against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in round 26 2009 at Shark Park. [10] [11] [12]

Injuries

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Scott Geddes's Retirement. on YouTube
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Scott Geddes' first first-grade match (against Canberra Raiders, Round 2, 2002). on YouTube
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Scott Geddes Tribute. on YouTube
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Scott Geddes, Interchange, Rabbitohs Team of the Decade. on YouTube
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Scott Geddes in Focus. on YouTube

Throughout his career Geddes battled many injuries, limiting his game time, [13] including:

Retirement

During the 2012 NRL season, Geddes announced that he would retire at the end of the year as a one-club player, [15] and his final first-grade game was in round 16 of the 2012 NRL season (against the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium). [16]

Recognition

Geddes received many accolades from the club during his career, including the " Bob McCarthy Clubman of the Year Award " in 2009.

He was made a Life Member of the South Sydney Football Club in 2013. [17]

After football

Specializing in providing personal training and group fitness classes at Maroubra since 2009, [18] he is currently the director and head coach at First Grade Fitness in McKeon Street, Maroubra Beach, where he provides gymnasium facilities, and conducts group and personal training as well as corporate and athletic development programmes.

See also

Footnotes

  1. Scott Geddes: Playing Career, Rugby League Project.
  2. Hindmarsh & Visontay (2012): , .
  3. See, for instance, The Rosarian 1995-1997, (Annual Magazine of Patrician Brothers, Fairfield), passim, and The Rosarian 1998-2000, (Annual Magazine of Patrician Brothers, Fairfield), passim.
  4. Ritchie (2010).
  5. 2002 South Sydney Player Statistics, South Sydney Rabbitohs Almanac.
  6. See: "External video".
  7. NRL 2002: Round 2: Canberra Raiders 22 lost to South Sydney Rabbitohs 30, The Rugby League Project.
  8. "The worst teams in NRL history". Sporting News.
  9. "NRL Grand Final: South Sydney Rabbitohs looking to join rugby league's greatest drought breakers". ABC News. October 2014.
  10. NRL 2009: Round 26: Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 24 lost to South Sydney Rabbitohs 26, The Rugby League Project.
  11. News: Match Previews & Reports: Rabbitohs Seal Last Second Victory to Finish Season, rabbitohs.com.au, 5 September 2009.
  12. Bevan, Guy (2018), "A Fairy Tale Finish", rabbitohs.com.au, Tuesday, 29 May 2018.
  13. Over his eleven seasons he missed more than 70 possible games due to his severe injuries; and, also, in the absence of these injuries, may well have gone on to play for several seasons beyond 2012, reaching more than 250 games.
  14. Walter, Brad (30 March 2012). "Ruptured biceps leaves Geddes taking life one game at a time". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  15. AAP (22 June 2012). "Geddes ready to call it a day as a one-club man". Canberra Times . Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  16. NRL 2012: Round 16: Brisbane Broncos 26 def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 12, The Rugby League Project.
  17. Life Members, South Sydney Members Rugby League Football Club, 13th Annual Report (2018), p.42.
  18. Walshaw, Nick (2013), "NRL retirees Nathan Hindmarsh and Scott Geddes to play for Moss Vale Dragons", The Daily Telegraph, Saturday, 23 March 2013.

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