Have met him a few times totally different in person quietly spoken family man very humble very approachable no ego about him at all
Yep, I second this, in the lead up to one of his fights a few years back he was sparring one of my mates and took time out to chat to a bunch of guys, was really chilled and came across like a nice bloke.
its because, generally speaking, apples dont fall far from trees, and generally speaking SNR is a top notch bloke (aside from his wannabe don king impersonation). that being said Jnr should be a descent young man brought up by a humble parent/s.
Will hopoate's dad is a massive flog and Will seems completely decent.. I agree let's not judge this kid on his old man who is probably not as bad as were lead to believe.
yes this is true and as i said "generally speaking"... but ive seen interviews with Will hoppa's parents, and whilst hoppa snr has brain explosions regularly, he is very religious as is his wife and they still have brought up the kids well despite the image he portrays ..
Hoppa Snr's wife is lovely. Sat next to her at Origin one year when Will was dominating under 18s Origin as a 15 year old and she was talking to us the whole game. She's good people and you can see why Will is so humble.
Absolutely. We haven't been a club that hasn't had a massive amount of Indigenous talent compared to other clubs over the years aside from McGrady, Thurston and Barba. We've had others here and there but it's something that needs to change moving forward as we're missing out on a huge part of the talent pool as alot of Indigenous players wouldn't find us as attractive a club to join because of that.
Exactly, u dont see wendells kid copping it cause he was banned for 2 years for smoking coke with the great darren lockyer.
I don’t know if it’s been a conscious decision or not. You’d like to think the club would keep an open mind on who we recruit and I think they do. A couple of talented indigenous juniors also come to mind who have got themselves in shit in the area but unfortunately that can happen anywhere.
I'm not saying it's been a conscious decision not to, but we certainly don't have the best connections to scout and sign that talent compared to other clubs. So hopefully we can improve in that department as well as scouting and hopefully recruiting more Fijian and English players.
Those 3 names you just rattled off..3 of the most gifted Indigenous players to ever play the game,were once at our great club..
Don't agree with the whole "apples don't fall far from trees" comment as factually don't think it's entirely true but get what you're saying. Personally I'll judge the fella on who HE is rather than his family but understand the need to take all factors into consideration.
John Hopoate might have made some poor decisions on the field, but having met him after a legends of league game, he's not incredibly bright. But he was probably the most approachable player there on the night. Signed a gazillion autographs, posed for even more photos and chatted with every fan there that approached him well after the rest of the players left the field. The only time he looked a little annoyed was when I joked that he needed to convince Will to play on Sundays. At which point he looked a little angry for 5 seconds and I got scared and told him I was just joking while I shit my pants. I've seen smaller land Rovers than John Hopoate.
