Sidelined Sea Eagles playmaker Josh Schuster has reportedly been concerned in a coaching scrap with a teammate on Friday.
According to The Daily Telegraph, Schuster got here to blows with Blacktown Workers participant Dean Matterson — the brother of Eels gun Ryan Matterson.
Players and coach Anthony Seibold reportedly watched on because the pair fought earlier than Josh Aloiai reportedly broke the scuffle up.
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“As far as I’m concerned it was a non-event,” Seibold stated to News Corp.
A supply inside the membership additionally stated the scuffle started in a joking method earlier than it turned critical.
“There was a bit of slapping for fun and then it got ugly and punches were exchanged,” the supply stated.
Schuster has reportedly been stood all the way down to work on his health and nurse a quad harm which has seen the 21-year-old solely function thrice in 2023.
The struggle comes solely days after celebrity halfback Daly Cherry-Evans delivered a transparent problem to the younger gun.
“Not having any continuity has been hard for the team let alone him having to actually go through it. It’s never a fun time when you’re in and out of first grade,” Cherry-Evans stated.
“He’s got some time to work on his body, get himself right and he’s a really important part to this team so I’m hoping he goes away, works really hard and comes back a better player for us and stays in the team.
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“… I don’t have the answers to it and I don’t have the answers for him but I know if he keeps working hard – like anything in life – you keep working hard you’re eventually going to come good.”
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph’s Brent Read, Cherry-Evans additionally had a good stronger message for Schuster.
He stated being omitted from first grade ought to “fire up” the promising playmaker.
“I have been playing long enough to see so many people at this club not maximise their opportunity,” Cherry-Evans stated.
“That is rugby league mate – if you’re not willing to work hard enough, if you’re not willing to sacrifice, you just don’t last long.
“He is at a crossroads early in his career but it can be a real positive. This doesn’t have to be a negative for him – spending some time away to get his body right, this could be a defining moment where he takes off to that level we all know he can.”
Source: www.foxsports.com.au