Clinton Schifcofske

Clinton Schifcofske

Personal information
Full name	Clinton Schifcofske
Nickname	Choka, Jock, Brains
Born	(1975-11-10) 10 November 1975 (age 41) Moranbah, Queensland, Australia
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Fullback, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1996–97 South Queensland Crushers 23 7 40 0 108 1998–00 Parramatta Eels 72 21 180 0 444 2001–06 Canberra Raiders 139 44 432 12 1052 2010–11 Crusaders RL 47 6 120 0 264 Total 281 78 772 12 1868 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2002–06 Queensland 2 0 2 0 4 2005 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 4 0 8
Rugby union
Position	Fullback, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006–08 Queensland Reds 23 3 70 0 197 2007 Ballymore Tornadoes 8 2 20 0 82 2008–10 Ulster 30 1 22 0 65 Total 61 6 112 0 344 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007 Australia A 4 2 25 0 66
As of 15 Nov 2013 Source: RLP, ITS Rugby

Clinton Schifcofske (born 10 November 1975 in Moranbah, Queensland) is a former professional Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer. During his career, he played for the Crusaders in the European Super League. as well as the South Queensland Crushers, Parramatta Eels and the Canberra Raiders in Australia. In the sport of rugby union, he played for Irish club Ulster in the Magners League competition and also he spent a year with Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. His position of choice was fullback. He is of Polish descent.

In 2001 and 2004 Schifcofske was named the Canberra Raiders' player of the year. In 2006 he was made captain of the club. In the same year, due to an injury incurred by Karmichael Hunt, Schifcofske was chosen in the Queensland Maroons side for the 2006 State of Origin series decider. He was the Maroons' third fullback for the series after Matt Bowen was dropped after Game One.

During the middle of the 2006 season he made the decision to switch codes from Rugby League to Rugby Union signing a two-year deal with the Queensland Reds for the 2007 season. During the 2006 season, one of Schifcofske's penalty goal attempts in a match against the Wests Tigers was the subject of Ray Warren's commentary; as he was taking the shot, Warren called the words: "Eddie Jones (who was at the time the coach of the Queensland Reds), if you're watching..." and Schifcofske nailed the shot. In the same match, he nailed a field goal in golden point to win Canberra the match. He had the best goal kicking success rate in the NRL ahead of both Andrew Johns and Hazem El Masri. His final NRL match was played at Telstra Stadium on 9 September 2006 against the Canterbury Bulldogs where the Raiders were knocked out of the finals race. He finished the 2006 NRL season as the Raiders' top point-scorer. Schifcofske ran 3,741 metres with the ball in 2006, more than any other player in the competition.