Players ready to make way for Scott
“It’s my first year in the NRL and to make a grand final is a dream come true.
“It’s a team-first mentality. Thumper (Scott) is one of our captains and an international player. He’s a great player for the club.
“If he was to come back and I was to miss out … the team comes first and I know he’ll do the job and do it proudly.”
It would be heartbreaking for one of the 17 players from North Queensland’s triumph over the Roosters to be axed for the decider.
League greats Darren Lockyer and Andrew Johns yesterday appealed for Green to stick with the same team but Scott’s availability could be too hard to ignore. The 109kg veteran would bring size and 233 games of NRL experience to combat Melbourne’s giant forward pack. Taumalolo has been in devastating form throughout the finals and there is no chance he would make way for Scott’s return.
But the 113kg wrecking ball said Scott was so highly regarded he would give up his jersey to see him play.
“It will be pretty unfortunate if one of the boys missed out,” he said.
“If I had it my way, I’d give my jersey to a co-captain if I could. Everyone can do the job, we’ve proven that in the last three weeks.”