Canberra legend's nephew signs with NRL club

The Raiders person signed the nephew of nine fable Brett Mullins for adjacent season.

James Schiller, a promising 20-year-old, plays wing, centre and fullback - conscionable similar his celebrated uncle did for Canberra 2 decades ago.

The youngster, primitively from the NSW state municipality of Young, played for the Dragons successful the shortened NSW Cup this twelvemonth and scored 3 tries successful 4 games.

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He has signed a two-year woody with the Raiders and is expected to propulsion for a apical people spot aft an off-season grooming with the NRL squad.

The Mullins household is 1 of the astir celebrated successful rugby league.

The nephew of Canberra fable Brett Mullins has signed with the Raiders. (Belinda Pratten)

Brett's dada Bill was 1 of the game's champion wingers of the 1970s, scoring implicit 100 tries for the Roosters, portion Brett's uncles Terry and Russell besides played archetypal people for Western Suburbs.

Bill and Brett became the archetypal father-son operation successful league past to people 100 archetypal people tries and each won 2 premierships.

Brett's brother-in-law Brett Hetherington besides played for the Raiders and his lad Jack is presently a subordinate of the Bulldogs' apical people side.

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