Anthony Seibold has confirmed Josh Schuster will play five-eighth subsequent season in his first press convention since being introduced as coach of the Manly Sea Eagles.
Seibold fronted the media on Tuesday morning after lately arriving house from England, the place he was an assistant to England’s rugby union coach Eddie Jones.
Former Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler was going to maneuver Schuster from the second row to five-eighth subsequent season, therefore why Kieran Foran joined the Titans — and Seibold will observe via with that plan.
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“We certainly look at Josh as a No. 6 option,” Seibold mentioned.
“Kieran Foran has now left the club. Josh is going to get an opportunity in that position, but we have a couple of other guys as well who’ll get a chance to train in that position.
“But we think that josh has a big opportunity to have first crack at that.”
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Schuster’s wishes to play within the halves have been no secret. He performed five-eighth within the decrease grades however discovered a house within the second row final 12 months.
The 21-year-old had such a robust season in 2021 that he grew to become the centre of a consultant tug of struggle.
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He was set to be included in Brad Fittler’s prolonged Blues squad till harm cruelled him after which on the finish of the season was named in New Zealand’s preliminary World Cup squad.
Schuster nevertheless struggled with harm and kind all through 2022 and located himself dropped to the bench by Round 11 and even neglected of the 17 fully in Round 21.
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He fell out of contact of Fittler’s NSW radar and so too the Kiwis’. But did make his worldwide debut for Samoa in a mid-season Test.
With his eye on the No.6 jersey, Schuster made himself unavailable to characterize Samoa on the World Cup and received caught into his personal coaching through the break to make sure he returned for pre-season in one of the best form doable.
That software has impressed Seibold.
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“I’ve had a lot to do with Josh over the last couple of weeks,” he mentioned.
“He’s started pre-season well, and he’s been consistent with his efforts over the first couple of weeks.
“But that’s the easy part of it.
“The challenge is for every player in the NRL to develop a lot for that grind, particularly in pre-season because it’s 12 weeks of hard work.
“And one thing I do know about pre-seasons if you get it right, individually and collectively, then that does have a transfer to when you start playing good footy.”