John Schuster

{{Short description|Former (Western) Samoa & All Blacks dual-code rugby international footballer}}

{{for|the American Curler|John Shuster}}

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|fullname = Nestorio John Schuster

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|1|17}}

|birth_place = Apia, Samoa

|height = {{convert|182|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|83|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

|club1 = Newcastle Knights

|year1start = 1991

|year1end = 93

|appearances1 = 47

|tries1 = 16

|goals1 = 101

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 266

|club2 = Halifax

|year2start = 1993

|year2end = 97

|appearances2 = 114

|tries2 = 50

|goals2 = 399

|fieldgoals2 = 5

|points2 = 1003

|teamA = Western Samoa

|yearAstart = 1995

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|appearancesA = 2

|triesA = 0

|goalsA = 11

|fieldgoalsA = 0

|pointsA = 22

|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/John_Schuster.html Rugby League Project]{{Rugby league records |id=1477 |title=John Schuster |access-date=4 January 2024}}

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|ru_position = Second five-eighth, Centre

|ru_club1 = Blackheath

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|ru_club2 = Harlequins

|ru_teamA = New Zealand

|ru_yearAstart = 1987

|ru_yearAend = 89

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|ru_pointsA = 4

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|ru_yearBstart = 1999

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| relatives = Fred Schuster (brother)

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Nesetorio Jonny Schuster (born 17 January 1964){{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}} is a former international rugby league and rugby union player,{{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}} a dual-code international.

Schuster went to St Joseph's College and played for Marists Saint-Joseph, then six times for Samoa before leaving for New Zealand in 1984.{{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}} From 1987 to 1989 he played for the All Blacks. In May 1990, he switched to rugby league, signing for Australian club Newcastle Knights.{{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}} He later moved to England, joining Halifax, where he scored over 1,000 points between 1993 and 1997.{{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}}

He later returned to rugby union, and played for Blackheath and Harlequins.{{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}} While playing for Harlequins he was the 1998–99 Premiership Rugby top points scorer with 331 points.{{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}}