Schaumkel played junior rugby league with Richmond Rovers[5] before progressing through the ranks at Manly, North Sydney Bears and Newtown Jets before furthering his career in France.

[1] In 2010 Schaumkel was a member of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Harold Matthews Cup side.

[13] Schaumkel played ten games for Toulouse Olympique in the 2022 Super League season as the club finished bottom of the table and were relegated back to the RFL Championship.

[14] Schaumkel made a try-scoring debut for Niue in the 26-16 2018 Emerging Nations World Championship win on 4 October 2018 against Malta.

[16] His third appearance was in the semi-final win over Greece and he was again selected for the final on 13 October which Niue lost 24-16 to Malta.