Josh Schuster’s Sea Eagles profession is reportedly on the road after it emerged he’s set to be dropped by coach Anthony Seibold for a second time this season.
The 22-year-old was shuffled again to the bench in Round 25 and performed solely 26 minutes, not recording a single run and solely seven tackles with one miss.
Rugby league legend Gorden Tallis believes Schuster is losing his expertise whereas veteran rugby league reporter Phil Rothfield revealed the second that made Seibold’s thoughts up.
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“It’s harder not to have a run than have a run in the backrow, I’ve said it before, there’s not much that he can’t do on the footy field,” Tallis mentioned on NRL360.
“It’s his efforts. You would die to have his ability, it is what he does away from the footy field.”
“It’s interesting you say what he does away from the footy field, because when they hooked him after 20 minutes, they were expecting him to be dirty, to blow up,” Rothfield mentioned.
“He just carried on business as usual in the sheds after the game. That’s when Anthony Seibold was convinced it is time for a (shake-up).”
NRL 360 host Braith Anasta questioned if his type comes all the way down to Schuster having a “false sense of reality” after being handed a hefty wage on potential, not type.
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The Sea Eagles re-signed the younger gun on a four-year contract price a reported $3.2 million, staving off curiosity from the Tigers.
Schuster was additionally axed the primary time previous to his contract extension to enhance his health, with captain Daly Cherry-Evans delivering some selection phrases to encourage a turnaround.
However, Schuster’s state of affairs seems to be again to sq. one and Rothfield questioned if Manly powerbrokers have been planning to dump him.
“He hasn’t done the hard work, his teammates have complained about it, have Manly made the right call by signing him?” Anasta requested.
“The off-season is going to be particularly important… I don’t see any way Manly can terminate his contract through a performance clause, it’d have to be a disciplinary reason,” Rothfield mentioned.
“They can’t just pay him out,” Brent Read mentioned.
“I’m not saying they are going to pay him out, I’m saying they can to go his agent and say can you find him a deal somewhere else,” Rothfield replied.
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“He’s got to get hungry… Des was trying to (get him fit) last year before he was sacked.”
“I don’t have an issue with them re-signing him, it is the amount they paid to re-sign him, that’s the bigger issue,” Read added.
“They were competing against themselves, there was no one other than them interested in signing him.”
Schuster’s hefty $800,000-per-year wage additionally hand the Sea Eagles an extra headache with 4 gamers incomes $4 million of their wage cap.
Along with Schuster, Jake and Tom Trbojevic in addition to Daly Cherry-Evans are incomes a hefty wage, prompting Rothfield to suggest the membership offload their five-eighth.
“If we are here next year talking about him not competing, getting hooked, they will try and sell him for sure,” Rothfield mentioned.
“You can’t drop him a third time… he wouldn’t be the first big name offloaded, they might contribute $300,000 and give him to Shane Flanagan for $500,000 at St George.
“He has coached him, he knows what he is capable of, Flanagan is desperate to put some quality into that Dragons side.”
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