Steven Bell

Steven Bell was playing with Emerald Tigers and then the Central Comets (Central Queens4land Capras), when he was scouted by Melbourne Storm, and placed at Brisbane Norths. Bell was named Norths' best back in 1999, and Best Player in 2000.

Bell made his NRL debut for the Storm in 2001 and was named Rookie of the Year, after playing 20 games and scoring 11 tries. He went on to play 107 NRL games and score 63 tries for the Storm, over five seasons, before signing a three-year deal with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. 

Bell's impressive form with Manly saw him selected for the Queensland Maroons for Game I of the 2006 State of Origin series.

He played a further four games for Queensland, scoring two tries and claiming series victories in 2006 and 2007, at the start of the Maroons' golden period.

He scored the try which clinched the series in 2007, being on the spot to claim the ball when Johnathan Thurston put in a precise stab kick in the 64th minute of Game II in Sydney. That try broke a 6-6 deadlock, with Queensland hanging on for a 10-6 win. Queensland had won the first match 25-18 in Brisbane.

Steve Bell is a consistent campaigner - the Darren Smith of his generation.

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In 2008, Bell played centre in Manly's 40-0 win over his former club, Melbourne in the NRL grand final, scoring one of the Sea Eagles' eight tries.

He joined French club, Catalans Dragons in 2009 and spent two seasons in Super League. At the end of his career, he had played 172 NRL games and scored 94 tries, while in Super League he scored 17 tries in 49 games.

On his return to Australia, he gravitated back to Central Queensland to work in the mining industry.