Josh Schuster will play five-eighth in 2023
Coach Anthony Seibold has confirmed that Josh Schuster will have the first opportunity to play five-eighth in 2023.
Schuster has been with the Manly Sea Eagles since the 2020 season and played 35 matches for the club. In 2022 he played 13 matches.
“We certainly look at Josh as a No. 6 option,” Seibold said.
“Kieran Foran has now left the club. Josh is going to get an opportunity in that position, but we have a couple of other guys as well who’ll get a chance to train in that position.
“But we think that josh has a big opportunity to have first crack at that.”
“I’ve had a lot to do with Josh over the last couple of weeks,” he said.
“He’s started pre-season well, and he’s been consistent with his efforts over the first couple of weeks.
“But that’s the easy part of it.
“The challenge is for every player in the NRL to develop a lot for that grind, particularly in pre-season because it’s 12 weeks of hard work.
“And one thing I do know about pre-seasons if you get it right, individually and collectively, then that does have a transfer to when you start playing good footy.”
