John Hopoate has used social media to target the Manly Sea Eagles for treating son Albert.
The 19-year-old Hopoate is considered to be one of the club’s most exciting prospects.
Hopoate suffered two consecutive ACL injuries before making his comeback earlier this year and is starting to do his best again.
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He was called up to Manly’s 21-man squad but has yet to make his debut despite the increasing number of injuries.
Both Brendan Elliott and Reuben Garrick played in the # 1 jersey left by injured Tom Trbojevic instead of Hopoate, who made the jumper his own in the lower classes.
Hopoate was loaned to the warriors and will be very valuable due to its versatility when injuries occur.
“We are very happy to have Albert on board. He was an amazing talent coming through the juniors, representative teams and Origin age teams for New South Wales, “said Peter O’Sullivan, recruiting manager at Warriors.
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“Albert is a player who can handle full-backs, wings and center-backs and is eerie in his resemblance to older brother Will.”
Since Moses Suli had a foot injury at the end of the season last night, Des Hasler would be tempted to win Hopoate for his debut.
But Hasler confirmed after the 56:16 loss to Souths that it was doubtful bringing Hopoate back from the Warriors.
“Albert will not solve the situation, but we have to assess where we are,” said Hasler.
“We’ll look at Suli’s injury and see what the report is about Tevita too. It could be anything; Until we get a scan, we won’t know. “
The loan deal is a win-win for both teams as Hopoate can potentially gain first grade experience that he wouldn’t otherwise get and become a better player.
John Hopoate is less than impressed, however.
“Well, we NEVER want to come back …” he wrote an Instagram post that screened a video entitled “Hasler Won’t Remember Hopoate Yet”.
Hopoate currently no longer has a contract with the Bulldogs at the end of the year, who are touted as a team to circling for their services.
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