{"id":948235,"date":"2026-11-01T01:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T01:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/948235\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T01:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T01:58:14","slug":"eels-eye-newcastle-knights-winger-linked-to-nrl-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/948235\/","title":{"rendered":"Eels eye Newcastle Knights winger linked to NRL rival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parramatta Eels<\/a> have a newfound interest in Newcastle Knights<\/a> winger James Schiller<\/a> for the 2027 season as Josh Addo-Carr’s<\/a> future is in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

Schiller joined the Knights in 2026 and has struggled to play in the first-grade side.<\/p>\n

He signed a three-year deal to head to the Hunter from Canberra and is currently in the last year of that deal.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old was given permission to test the market elsewhere and has signed with the Parramatta Eels<\/a>, who have been looking to improve their outside back depth, according to The Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n

News Corp previously reported he was set for a move to the Wests Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In NSW Cup<\/a> this season, Schiller played 13 games, scored 16 tries, had 64 tackle breaks and averaged 133 running metres per game.<\/p>\n

Schiller suffered a neck injury and was scheduled for surgery in July for 4-6 weeks this season.<\/p>\n

The winger played one NRL<\/a> game for the Knights this season against the Penrith Panthers<\/a> in round 8.<\/p>\n

Against the Panthers, Schiller ran 105 metres and had 6 tackle breaks in the loss.<\/p>\n

In round 16, he was included in the team sheet as an unused 18th man against the Dragons.<\/p>\n

Newcastle had a strong season in the NSW Cup<\/a> and played in the finals, which Schiller took part in.<\/p>\n

The club lost to the Panthers and the Newtown Jets in back-to-back rounds and was eliminated in the second round of the finals.<\/p>\n

Parramatta have added Jarome Luai<\/a>, Spencer Leniu<\/a> and Jaydn Su’A<\/a> for the 2027 season, and are tipped to make ambitious moves in the open market.<\/p>\n

Reports have suggested the Eels are interested in Newcastle Knights<\/a> centre Bradman Best<\/a> and Dolphins<\/a> centre Jack Bostock<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Parramatta has also been linked to bringing Blaize Talagi<\/a> home to the Eels in 2027, where he could return late in the season and play centre before shifting to five-eighth in 2028.<\/p>\n

Addo-Carr is also expected to be suspended for 12 matches in 2027, and if the B sample returns positive, he could be released and potentially join a new club.<\/p>\n

The Eels’ outside back room currently includes Josh Addo-Carr<\/a>, Brian Kelly<\/a>, Araz Nanva<\/a>, Will Penisini<\/a>, Jordan Samrani<\/a> and Bailey Simonsson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the club also extending Junior Paulo<\/a> for the 2027 season, Schiller’s signing would max out their top 30.<\/p>\n

Schiller’s arrival, pending Addo-Carr’s future, could leave the club with one top-30 roster spot remaining and meet the roster requirement ahead of the 2027 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parramatta Eels have a newfound interest in Newcastle Knights winger James Schiller for the 2027 season as Josh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-948235","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\/948235","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=948235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}