Schuster signs for 2025
18th September 2024
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have signed utility Josh Schuster until the end of the 2025 season today. Schuster, 23, has played 50 NRL games since making his NRL debut in round 17, 2020, for the Sea Eagles against the Tigers, scoring five tries.
Rabbitohs Head of Football, Mark Ellison, is confident that Schuster can make a successful return to the NRL at South Sydney. "We think a comeback to the NRL with our club will be just what Josh needs to get his career back on track," Mr Ellison said. "We’re confident that he can use this second opportunity at NRL level, at a new club with new coaches, new teammates and renewed expectations, to resume his NRL career and achieve his and the team’s goals."
Josh Schuster
Date of Birth - 5th May 2001
Place of Birth - Sydney, NSW
Height: 185cm
Weight: 106kg
Position - Second Row
Junior Club - Mounties
Previous Clubs - Manly-Warringah (2016-19) (Junior Reps)
- Manly-Warringah (2020-24)
- Blacktown (2021-24) NSWC
NRL Games - 50 (Sea Eagles)
NRL Points - 20 (5 tries for Sea Eagles)
NRL Debut - 2020 Round 17 Manly-Warringah v Wests-Tigers (Brookvale Oval)
Representative Honours - Samoa (2022)
- New South Wales U18s (2019)
- New South Wales U16s (2017)
Awards - 2021 - Manly Rising Star Award
2019 - Manly Junior Representative Player of the Year
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