South Sydney believes it may well flip Josh Schuster’s profession round after handing the previous Manly prodigy a one-year deal for 2025.
The Rabbitohs have confirmed Schuster will be part of the membership below incoming coach Wayne Bennett, 5 months after the Samoa worldwide was minimize free by Manly.
One of the vital gifted prospects on the Sea Eagles for years, Schuster battled health issues after making his NRL debut for the membership in 2020.
That ultimately ended when his $2.4 million three-year contract at Manly — that was to run by way of till the top of 2027 — was terminated in April.
Handed a severance bundle by Manly, Schuster has since skilled away from the NRL highlight.
However he’ll now return on the Rabbitohs, with membership officers saying they may get the very best out of the 23-year-old.
“We predict a comeback to the NRL with our membership might be simply what Josh must get his profession again on observe,” South Sydney’s head of soccer Mark Ellison stated in a membership assertion.
“We’re assured that he can use this second alternative at NRL degree, at a brand new membership with new coaches, new teammates and renewed expectations, to renew his NRL profession and obtain his and the workforce’s targets.”
Schuster has beforehand stated he needed to return as a playmaker within the NRL after getting used as a back-rower for a few of his stint on the Sea Eagles.
He didn’t add to his 50 NRL appearances this yr, as an alternative spending the opening month of the season in reserve grade earlier than his exit from Manly.
Bennett is returning to the Rabbitohs for the primary time since guiding the membership to the 2021 grand ultimate.
He has spent the previous two seasons because the Dolphins’ basis coach.
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