Before moving to Sydney, Gourley captained the Australian Schoolboys rugby union side on their 1986 tour of New Zealand.
[2] Gourley is remembered for a magnificent try scored in the first Test of that series at the Sydney Football Stadium, running through several tacklers to cross the line at the northern end of the ground.
Switching to rugby league in 1990, Gourley joined the St George Dragons where his father had played.
Scott played 128 games for the Dragons from 1990 to 1996 including being in three losing grand final sides: 1992 and 1993 against the Brisbane Broncos, and 1996 against Manly.
In a 2011 interview he confirmed that due to his wife's business career he had chosen to be a stay-at-home father for his three children whilst managing personal share market and real estate investments.