Cam Scott is in a determined mood as he approaches his second Super League season as Wakefield Trinity player.
The centre joined Wakefield ahead of the 2025 season after making the decision to call time on his six-year spell with Hull FC, where he made his senior debut as a teenager back in 2018. Scott made 73 appearances for the Black and Whites, making his name as a player, honing his talents and picking up plenty of experience under the likes of Lee Radford, Andy Last and Brett Hodgson.
However, his time at the club came to an end in July 2024 when, with a contract with Wakefield lined up, he was released by Hull after tearing his hamstring. It was far from the ideal way to leave the MKM Stadium, but he made the move to West Yorkshire with a point to prove.
And, he went some way towards proving that in his first season with Wakefield, making 22 outings under Daryl Powell, scoring eight tries and helping the club pip Hull to sixth spot in the Super League table.
Last season was certainly a positive one for Scott then, with a hat-trick on the final day of the season over Salford being a clear highlight, alongside efforts against Hull, Hull KR and Huddersfield Giants.
The 26-year-old isn’t about to rest on his laurels any time soon, though, and after ending the season with five tries in three games, he has spent the last couple of months doing all he can physically to make sure he is in a position to kick on and take his game to the next level.
Wakefield Trinity man Cam Scott keen to take the next step
“I’ve done a lot in the off-season trying to make sure I’m in as good a shape as possible and that kind of picks up from the form that I had finishing the season really well,” Scott told Serious About RL. “They’re my capabilities and I think I was only scraping my capabilities in most games.
“So I’ve wanted to build over the off-season and pre-season and come round one, hopefully I’m flying and I can build into another 25-game reason and show what I’m really about.
“I just think I needed a change of environment. I spent a long time at Hull, to come over here, with a new environment and coaching staff, it was good for me, just a different way of being at a club.
“I came to play centre and I found myself in and out of the team but eventually finished the season strong where I wanted to play. For me, I took a lot of confidence out of those last six to eight games and I’ve done a lot over the off-season to ensure that when I come back in, I can hit the ground running and pick up where I left off.”
Asked if he felt he had a point to prove when arriving at Wakefield, he added: “I’d say so, yeah. I had discussions about an extension at Hull and decided to come this way and obviously the way things ended there wasn’t ideal.
“It was about me getting my foot in the door here, with that point to prove and just kicking on and establishing myself as a Super League centre and taking my game to the next level.
“There’s no bad blood [with Hull] but things ended on a bit of an injury. You always want to go out on your own terms and unfortunately I didn’t. I’ve had some quite big injuries throughout my career already so to come here with a fresh start and to play games back to back last season was massive.
“I’ve done a lot of investing in my body over the off-season so I can keep getting those games back to back.”
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