Scott Higginbotham

Scott Higginbotham (born 5 September 1986 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 15 competition. He can play anywhere in the backrow. Higginbotham was the Reds academy player of 2007 and made his Super 14 debut the following year against the bulls. Within seconds of making his debut he made a bone crunching tackle on former IRB player of the year Bryan Habana. In 2010 Higginbotham was named as a Wallabies reserve to play South Africa (in Pretoria) 27 August, replacing the injured Matt Hodgson. Should he take the field, Higginbotham will become the "847th player to represent Australia in Test matches," and the "27th player to have been...