Scott Roskell (born 20 April 1969) is an Australian former professional
rugby union
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and
rugby league
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footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played rugby union for
London Welsh
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, and rugby league for the
London Crusaders (
Heritage No. 221), as a or .
Roskell joined
London Crusaders in August 1992.
The club was later renamed to London Broncos, and Roskell went on to play for the club in the first two seasons of the
Super League
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. He left the club in 1997, and switched to rugby union to play for
London Welsh
London Welsh Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cymry Llundain) was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons ...
.
Roskell scored 86 tries for the Broncos – a club record until it was broken in 2012 by
Luke Dorn
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In 2014, Roskell was an inaugural inductee to the London Broncos' Hall of Fame.
References
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1969 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Australian rugby union players
London Broncos players
London Welsh RFC players
Rugby league wingers
Rugby union centres
Place of birth missing (living people)