Sea Eagles coach Anthony Seibold has declared Josh Schuster must “own his career” forward of Luke Brooks’ arrival on the Manly membership.
The 22-year-old re-signed with the Sea Eagles till the tip of 2027 on a deal price a reported $800,000-per-season with a swap to the backrow looming in 2024.
Brooks’ four-year contract will see him companion Daly Cherry-Evans within the halves with Schuster’s affect at five-eighth constantly coming underneath the microscope.
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The younger gun has proven flashes of brilliance, together with a late surge in opposition to the Roosters in Round 23, however has been unable to steer Manly to victory in essential moments.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Seibold admitted his playmaker must work on delivering an 80-minute efficiency.
“That’s the challenge, for myself and the coaching staff and that is his challenge, he needs to own his career,” Seibold mentioned.
“And as I said, we’ve seen in games and glimpses, like in the last 20 minutes of last week’s game, he had a significant influence to get us back in the game.
“He just has got to do it for longer periods, and he is certainly working towards that, we are working towards that.
“He’s certainly not the finished product but that’s my job to guide him over the next couple of years to be the finished product.
“He’s 22-years-of-age and he’s got a lot of growth left in his game, that’s our job as a club to get him there.”
Seibold’s feedback come after The Daily Telegraph’s Paul Crawley defined that strain on Schuster may solely develop if he underperforms within the backrow.
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His $800,000 wage makes him one of many NRL’s highest-paid edge forwards and with a number of big-name stars, together with Tom and Jake Trbojevic, the Manly membership may very well be going through a cap squeeze.
Crawley additionally questioned if Schuster has the work ethic to reside as much as his hefty pay-packet after he hung out off the sector early within the 2023 season to work on his health.
“Schuster is such an unbelievable talent that you just wish he would turn up to start the game every week like he finished last week (in the loss to the Sydney Roosters),” Crawley mentioned on NRL 360 on Tuesday.
“In a game when Manly’s season was on the line I don’t think he had a run in the first half.
“Then he comes up with a couple of dazzling moments in the second half where you just know that this guy could be absolutely anything, but only if he wants to go out there and earn his 800k a year.
“And that’s a concern with Luke Brooks coming to the club next year.
“There’s no question in the world he can be a great edge backrower but has he got the toughness and the work ethic to be one?”
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