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Full name | Nestorio John Schuster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Apia, Samoa | 17 January 1964|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second five-eighth, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nesetorio Jonny Schuster (born 17 January 1964) [3] is a former international rugby league and rugby union player, [4] 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. [5] From 1987 to 1989 he played for the All Blacks. [5] In May 1990, he switched to rugby league, signing for Australian club Newcastle Knights. [6] He later moved to England, joining Halifax, where he scored over 1,000 points between 1993 and 1997. [7]
He later returned to rugby union, and played for Blackheath and Harlequins. [8]
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