{"id":759067,"date":"2026-06-25T09:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/759067\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:33:10","slug":"nrl-club-confirms-josh-schuster-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/759067\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL club confirms Josh Schuster signing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wests Tigers<\/a> have given Josh Schuster<\/a> a career lifeline which will give the former star an opportunity to return to the NRL<\/a> paddock for the first time since 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The former Manly junior was regarded as one of the most exciting and promising juniors in the NRL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Things didn’t go to plan straight away, and he was released early from his hefty Sea Eagles contract, then given a train-and-trial with South Sydney in 2025. Unable to reach his potential and playing NSW Cup<\/a>, he stepped away from the game.<\/p>\n

The Tigers have today confirmed Schuster has signed a NSW Cup<\/a> contract for 2026 and will train with the NRL<\/a> side once a week.<\/p>\n

Following fresh reports from NewsCorp revealed that Benji Marshall<\/a> met with Schuster and discussed a return.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said I want to come and have an opportunity with you guys,\u201d Marshall said to the Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t want any money. I don’t need an NRL<\/a> contract. I’m happy to play NSW Cup<\/a>. It’s not about the money. It’s about the opportunity to get my life back on track and play footy again.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s got to train with the NSW Cup<\/a> side. He will train with us one day a week, and if we can help him turn his life around, then why not?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only risk is him letting himself down again, which is up to him. The ball is in his court. He seemed very genuine about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tigers coach sat down with Schuster during the week, prompted by former Sea Eagles teammate Samuela Fainu<\/a>, and it was enough to give Schuster an opportunity to prove himself in an NRL<\/a> system again.<\/p>\n

Marshall famously marked up against Schuster in his NRL<\/a> debut in 2020, and claimed it “was the best debut I’ve seen from a young kid in my time, ever\u201d<\/p>\n

Benji’s Tigers outfit got the last-minute win over the Sea Eagles in Schuster’s debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was obviously a dream come true, playing against one of my idols in Benji Marshall<\/a>,” Schuster said to Sea Eagles media in 2021.<\/p>\n

Schuster played 50 games for Manly, playing five-eighth and in the second row before fitness and injury hampered his ability to stay on the field during 2023.<\/p>\n

The club then released him after a big extension, meaning the Sea Eagles continued to pay him years after he left.<\/p>\n

It acts as a win-win for the Tigers, given Schuster won’t be breaking the bank and has all the potential in the world. It could possibly\u00a0see him make a return to the NRL<\/a> this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is understood Marshall reached out to South Sydney officials to understand the situation surrounding his time there better and was told there was no issue with Schuster’s character.<\/p>\n

The Tigers are backing themselves to get the best out of Schuster, who on his day, is one of the most lethal attacking weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wests Tigers have given Josh Schuster a career lifeline which will give the former star an opportunity…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-759067","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\/759067","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=759067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}