Nesetorio Jonny Schuster (born 17 January 1964)
is a former international
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
and
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
player, a
dual-code international.
Schuster played for Marists Saint-Joseph, then six times for Samoa before leaving for
New Zealand
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in 1984.
From 1987 to 1990 he played for the All Blacks.
[ In the 1990's he switched to rugby league.]
Background
Schuster was born in Apia, Samoa
Apia () is the capital and largest city of Samoa, as well as the nation's only city. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia falls within the political district (''itūmālō'') of Tuamasaga.
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1964 births
Living people
Auckland rugby union players
Dual-code rugby internationals
Expatriate rugby league players in Australia
Expatriate rugby league players in England
Halifax R.L.F.C. players
New Zealand expatriate rugby league players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England
New Zealand international rugby union players
New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
New Zealand rugby union players
Newcastle Knights players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league wingers
Samoa international rugby union players
Samoa national rugby league team captains
Samoa national rugby league team players
Samoan rugby league players
Sportspeople from Apia