No regrets for pride rebel despite Hasler axing

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Josh Schuster, the lone subordinate of the Manly pridefulness rebels to person spoken publically connected the saga, has defended his determination to not deterioration the jersey.

The rising playmaker has spoken exclusively to 9News' Danny Weidler astir the contention that plunged the Sea Eagles' play into freefall.

When Manly bosses failed to consult the players successful introducing a rainbow jersey for circular 20, and 7 members of the squad rejected the inaugural owed to taste and spiritual beliefs, the nine recovered itself engulfed successful a nationalist relations crisis.

The Sea Eagles sat successful ninth connected the ladder ahead of their clash with the Roosters astatine Brookvale Oval, but did not triumph a azygous lucifer pursuing the detonation of the pridefulness jersey fiasco, destroying immoderate anticipation of playing finals footy.

The dramas astatine Manly continued to equine erstwhile Des Hasler was sacked arsenic coach past week — a improvement that stemmed from the seasoned mentor distancing himself from the decisions of higher-ups regarding the pridefulness chaos, and the Sea Eagles' on-field capitulation.

"It was a hard period, but I enactment my religion and idiosyncratic beliefs first," Schuster said astir 3 months on.

When Weidler asked Schuster if helium had "no regrets", the 21-year-old said: "Yeah, definitely".

"Like I said before, my idiosyncratic beliefs and religion travel first."

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Hasler was axed with a twelvemonth to tally connected his Manly contract.

Former Rabbitohs and Broncos manager Anthony Seibold is poised to regenerate the Manly icon, with Shane Flanagan and Jim Dymock expected to articulation him arsenic assistants.

Hasler's dumping past week came 11 years aft the archetypal bitter break-up, which saw the "Mad Professor" depart the Sea Eagles for the Bulldogs successful the weeks pursuing Manly's 2011 premiership triumph.

"It really shocked maine a bit," Schuster said of the latest split.

"He inactive talks to maine present and determination conscionable to marque sure I'm inactive grooming ... but the main absorption is helium wants maine to get acceptable for pre-season (training). I deliberation passim his full coaching (career) his main facet was subordinate welfare; helium cares astir the person."

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Schuster, Josh Aloiai, Jason Saab, Christian Tuipulotu, Haumole Olakau'atu, Tolutau Koula and Toafofoa Sipley were the 7 Manly players who objected against wearing the pridefulness jersey.

Whispers of a rift betwixt the rainbow rebels and the remainder of the squad person lingered since, and Hasler's disfigured exit has intensified speech of wide fractures successful the playing group.

But Schuster dismissed that talk.

"We are a choky bunch, judge it oregon not," helium said.

"(Despite) everything that's happened this year, we're inactive close, we inactive support successful touch."

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