Scott Cram (born 30 January 1977) is a former

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international

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played as a forward in the 1990s and 2000s. A Scotland international representative forward, he played his club football in Australasia's

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for the

Illawarra Steelers The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level rugby league competition from 1982 NSWRFL season, 1982 until 1998 NRL season, 1998 ...

, and in the

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for the

London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England. The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegat ...

Background

Cram was born in

Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near w ...

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, Australia.

Playing career

Cram was named the

1997 ARL season The 1997 Australian Rugby League season was the 90th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the third season run by the Australian Rugby League. While several clubs had left the League to compete in the 1997 Super Leagu ...

's rookie of the year. After moving to the United Kingdom he became a

international and represented them at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

References

External links

NRL statsLondon Broncos profile
1977 births Living people Australian people of Scottish descent Australian rugby league players Illawarra Steelers players London Broncos players Rugby league players from Wollongong Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Scotland national rugby league team players {{Scotland-rugbyleague-bio-stub