{"id":396991,"date":"2026-01-07T07:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396991\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T07:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:24:12","slug":"schoupp-reveals-career-plans-after-manly-deal-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396991\/","title":{"rendered":"Schoupp reveals career plans after Manly deal – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Schoupp<\/a> has had a roller coaster career, having first been touted as the next gun centre at the Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a>, to battling health and injuries at the Manly Sea Eagles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now preparing to come back from a gruesome ACL injury in 2026, Schoupp has said his \u201cbest is yet to come\u201d as he looks to return to rugby league stardom.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeaving no stone unturned [is my goal moving forward],\u201d Schoupp told Zero Tackle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started off my career playing regular NRL<\/a> and I want to get back to that.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing part of the Manly Sea Eagles<\/a>, and playing the best I can \u2014 fit and healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CanterburyBRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 15: Aaron Schoupp of the Bulldogs passes as he is tackled during the round 22 NRL match between the New Zealand Warriors and the Canterbury Bulldogs at Moreton Daily Stadium, on August 15, 2021, in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Albert Perez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

He also said while he would like to remain with the Sea Eagles past next season, he isn’t naive to how the NRL<\/a> works, having experienced shock exits from both the Gold Coast Titans<\/a> and the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve been to three different clubs and I’m 25 this year, so I think for me, I’d love to stay and be a part of Manly moving forward, but a while ago I put a line out saying I wanted to be a Bulldog for life and that backfired on me pretty quick,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing forward for me, it’s about being a part of Manly, and if that’s not there, then I’ll put my best foot forward wherever I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schoupp was launched into NRL<\/a> stardom at a fairly young age, and he admitted that while he was once privy to the bright lights, he’s mature enough now to realise that you can fall from grace at any moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NRL’s hard, everyday you’ve got to perform,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes people can take it for granted, and I definitely got caught up in that a little bit [at the Bulldogs].<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s hard because I was playing good footy there and everything was going really well for me, [but I have learned that] you’re easily replaceable.\u201d<\/p>\n

He shared that it’s important to \u201cstay in the moment and give your best footy everyday because it can go away pretty quick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schoupp’s journey has brought him to arguably the most important season of his career, and he has promised Sea Eagles fans that his \u201cbest footy is ahead\u201d of him, and he plans to showcase that in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Schoupp has had a roller coaster career, having first been touted as the next gun centre at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-396991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}