Scott ready to ride shotgun for Cowboys

COWBOYS forward Matt Scott will not hang up the boots ahead of next season, but he has started to prepare for life after football.

In an interview with the Sunday Territorian, the Cowboys skipper has revealed that while he will play on, he is ready to give up the captaincy and could also move to the bench to make way for new recruit Josh McGuire.

While Scott is determined to help his beloved North Queensland bounce back from a disappointing 2018 – and return from his neck injury – he has one eye on the horizon.

Scott has been the co-captain of the Cowboys since 2011, when then coach Neil Henry promoted him to the role alongside Johnathan Thurston.

But as 2019 approaches, and with Thurston retired, the veteran prop has revealed he is ready to make way for playmaker Michael Morgan.

“It might be time for a change,” Scott said. “I’m not exactly sure which way (coach Paul Green) is going to go with it but my opinion is Morgo is the natural choice to step up to the captaincy role.”

McGuire’s move to Towns- ville came as one of the biggest shocks out of the NRL’s offseason.

While Scott was adamant he was healthy, he was willing to step aside for McGuire and make the move to the interchange bench.

“If it’s me (on the bench), I’m comfortable with that. I’m at the end of my career. I’ve had a disrupted previous couple of years,” Scott said.