Scott Sattler

Background

Sattler was born in Camperdown, New South Wales but moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland at a young age. His primary and early secondary schooling took place at Coombabah State School on the Gold Coast before taking up a sports scholarship at Nudgee College in Brisbane. He played his junior rugby league for the Runaway Bay Seagulls before signing for the Gold Coast Chargers.

Gold Coast

Sattler joined the Gold Coast Chargers as a junior from the Runaway Bay Seagulls junior club. He made his first grade debut for the club against the Parramatta Eels at the age of twenty.

Eastern Suburbs

Sattler joined the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in 1994 but his time with the club was a brief one, only making a single appearance off the bench for the club.

South Queensland

He joined the South Queensland Crushers in 1995.

Gold Coast

He joined the club he began his career with, the Gold Coast Chargers, in 1997 for his second spell with the club.

Penrith

After his second spell with the Gold Coast club, Sattler moved to the Penrith Panthers in 1999. He was named as the first grade player of the year in 2001 after an impressive season. He will perhaps be best remembered for the moment in the 2003 NRL Grand Final in which he played at lock forward and made one of the greatest tackles in rugby league grand final history. During a pivotal point in the match, Sattler made a try-saving tackle when he chased down and made a textbook tackle on the Sydney Roosters winger Todd Byrne to send him over the touchline during his clubs 18 points to 6 victory of the Roosters. A superb effort considering Sattler is a lock forward and Byrne is a winger. Reflecting on that tackle Sattler stated, "It was one tackle and when I was out on the field I didn’t really think about it being a turning point in the game. You just focus on each tackle as they happen and do what you need to do to get the job done." After the 2003 season, in which Sattler won his first ever premiership, he left the club to join the Wests Tigers due to salary cap restrictions. After it was announced that Sattler would be leaving the club he stated, "This is the perfect way to leave the club. I'm looking forward to going to Wests Tigers next year and playing a senior role."

Wests Tigers

Sattler joined the Wests Tigers in 2004 where he played one season for the club before retiring from rugby league. That year he was named captain. Also during that year, Sattler was named as the player of the tournament at the Wests Tigers 2004 World Sevens Championship victory. After his final year in rugby league, Sattler required a knee operation to undergo a cartilage graft. In total he played 203 first grade games for five different clubs. Sattler named his most respected opponents throughout his career as Tony Butterfield and Luke Ricketson.

Queensland

In 2003, Scott Sattler became the second oldest player ever, after Arthur Beetson, to be selected for the Queensland State of Origin team. He did however make only one appearance for his state, without scoring a point.

Gold Coast Titans

In 2006, it was announced that Scott Sattler had signed for the Gold Coast Titans as the Football Manager for the club. Upon signing for the club, Sattler commented, "Having made my First Grade debut with the Gold Coast and playing all my junior football here I feel I have an emotional attachment to the club; an attachment that I want to make sure this team is one that is successful on and off the field. I have experienced the highs and lows of Rugby League and I feel I can draw on those experiences into assisting the mould we want at this club; a club the Gold Coast and Northern NSW community will embrace."

Sattler resigned from his position as football manager with the Titans in January, 2008, citing the pursuit of other business interests as his reason.