Scott Dureau

Scott Dureau was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a goal-kicking halfback. Born in Taree, New South Wales, on 29 July 1986, he came through the junior ranks of the Port Macquarie Sharks and was signed by the Newcastle Knights, making his National Rugby League debut against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in 2007. After being told in 2010 to find a new club, he moved to the Catalans Dragons in France for 2011, where he was named in the Super League Dream Team in 2011 and 2012 and won the Albert Goldthorpe Medal in 2012. Surgery to remove a benign tumour behind his eye cost him much of 2013 and 2014. He was signed on loan by the Sydney Roosters in 2014 without playing for them, returned to Catalans in 2015, retired after that season and later took a coaching role with Newcastle. He died on 18 July 2026 at the age of 39.