# John Schuster

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{{Short description|Former (Western) Samoa & All Blacks dual-code rugby international footballer}}
{{for|the American curler|John Shuster}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name            = John Schuster
|fullname        = Nestorio John Schuster
|image           = 
|caption         =
|position        = {{rlp|CE|WG}}
|retired         = yes
|birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|1|17}}
|birth_place     = [Apia](/source/Apia), Samoa
|height          = {{convert|182|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight          = {{convert|83|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|club1           = [Newcastle Knights](/source/Newcastle_Knights)
|year1start      = 1991
|year1end        = 93
|appearances1    = 47
|tries1          = 16
|goals1          = 101
|fieldgoals1     = 0
|points1         = 266
|club2           = [Halifax](/source/Halifax_R.L.F.C.)
|year2start      = 1993
|year2end        = 97
|appearances2    = 114
|tries2          = 50
|goals2          = 399
|fieldgoals2     = 5
|points2         = 1003
|teamA           = [Western Samoa](/source/Samoa_national_rugby_league_team)
|yearAstart      = 1995
|yearAend        =
|appearancesA    = 2
|triesA          = 0
|goalsA          = 11
|fieldgoalsA     = 0
|pointsA         = 22
|source          = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/John_Schuster.html Rugby League Project]</ref><ref>{{Rugby league records |id=1477 |title=John Schuster |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>
|first           = RU
|ru_position     = Second five-eighth, Centre
|ru_club1        = [Blackheath](/source/Blackheath_F.C.)
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|ru_club2        = [Harlequins](/source/Harlequin_F.C.)
|ru_teamA        = [New Zealand](/source/All_Blacks)
|ru_yearAstart   = 1987
|ru_yearAend     = 89
|ru_appearancesA = 10
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|ru_fieldgoalsA  =
|ru_pointsA      = 4
|ru_teamB        = [Samoa](/source/Samoa_national_rugby_union_team)
|ru_yearBstart   = 1999
|ru_yearBend     =
|ru_appearancesB = 3
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|ru_pointsB      = 17
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| relatives    = [Fred Schuster](/source/Fred_Schuster) (brother)
}}
}}

'''Nesetorio Jonny Schuster''' (born 17 January 1964)<ref name=espn1>{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/newzealand/rugby/player/10291.html |title=John Schuster New Zealand / Samoa |publisher=ESPN |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref> is a former international [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) and [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Riccio |first1=David |title=Former Australian sevens star Peter Schuster hotfoots it to Manly Sea Eagles |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/former-australian-sevens-star-peter-schuster-hotfoots-it-to-manly-sea-eagles/news-story/744338b2f0566ff9aa3bb57531b75f43 |access-date=19 August 2020 |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney |date=3 February 2017 |language=en}}</ref> a [dual-code international](/source/List_of_dual-code_rugby_internationals).

Schuster went to St Joseph's College and played for Marists Saint-Joseph, then six times for Samoa before leaving for [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) in 1984.<ref name=lm1>{{cite web |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1999/06/13/le-bourlingueur-john-schuster-de-retour-au-bercail_3547563_1819218.html |title=Le bourlingueur John Schuster de retour au bercail |publisher=Le Monder |date=13 June 1999 |language=fr |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref> From 1987 to 1989 he played for the All Blacks.<ref name=lm1/> In May 1990, he switched to [rugby league](/source/rugby_league), signing for Australian club [Newcastle Knights](/source/Newcastle_Knights).<ref>{{cite news |title=Schuster signs with Knights in league coup |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122250317 |work=The Canberra Times |date=29 May 1990 |page=20 |via=[Trove](/source/Trove)}}</ref> He later moved to England, joining [Halifax](/source/Halifax_R.L.F.C.), where he scored over 1,000 points between 1993 and 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Fax Time Machine |url=https://halifaxpanthers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Publication1.pub-page-22305843009279517627.pdf |website=Halifax Panthers |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>

He later returned to rugby union, and played for [Blackheath](/source/Blackheath_F.C.) and [Harlequins](/source/Harlequin_F.C.).<ref>{{cite web |title=Rugby Union: How they line up in the Allied Dunbar Premiership Division One |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-how-they-line-up-in-the-allied-dunbar-premiership-division-one-1196162.html |website=The Independent |access-date=4 January 2024 |date=4 September 1998}}</ref> While playing for Harlequins he was the [1998–99 Premiership Rugby](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_Premiership_Rugby) top points scorer with 331 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/player/most_points.html?id=1998%2F99;trophy=65;type=season|publisher=ESPNScrum|access-date=1 September 2020|title=1998-99 Premiership Rugby top points scorers}}</ref>

==Background==
Schuster was born in [Apia](/source/Apia), Samoa.<ref name=espn1/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{All Blacks|id=773|name=John Schuster}}

{{Western Samoa 1995 Rugby League World Cup squad}}

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