Official Harper released to Manly immediately

[run1500]

No chance they would have played him

Would he have played this week with Smith our? I guess we’ll never know now

 

[Cosmo24]

YESSSSS have been waiting on this annoucment for so so long. Good on him. He has been mucked around by from the start of the season. It's been a long time coming and the club should have released him when first asked ages ago. Off to Manly we go. Good luck

I can’t really fault any player who has decided to leave the club the last few years.
Good luck to him although this one won’t affect the club too much

 

[GUSLER]

He’s rubbish. Another holland type signing for Des

 

[Nate DAWG]

Rumours are that Jamil Hopoate may be signing soon.

Wouldn't mind having Will, Jamil and Albert in the squad

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Wouldn't mind having Will, Jamil and Albert in the squad

I would.

 

[diddly]

Jamil Hopoate is a NSW cup standard player at best

 

[Nate DAWG]

I would.

Will should be captain, Jamil would be a solid squad player and Albert was a gun junior (who i know has had a couple of serious knee injuries). They would be cheap so if they don't amount to anything - no loss.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Will should be captain, Jamil would be a solid squad player and Albert was a gun junior (who i know has had a couple of serious knee injuries). They would be cheap so if they don't amount to anything - no loss.

Jamil is rubbish while I think Albert is going off on his mission. Need to look elsewhere

 

[Blue&whiteAxe]

Well thats good news. We're already short on backs and can't even recruit the worst of A Graders from CRL Group 6. Whats a shit show this pathetic club is. There better be a signing announcement this week.

 

[Dingo]

Waste of space considering he is not used and has signed with them already. Still feels shit doing Hasler any favours whatsoever.

 

[Straight18]

Good luck harper, u have deserved your crack, this club is just hopeless. Only centre we had.

 

[Scoooby]

#HarperOut
#PayOut

#HorseNot

 

[Kempsey Dog]

Albert Hopoate comes to mind. Hopoate's youngest brother (?). He's a fullback.

If Barrett does come im happy to narrow our fullback options down to; Averillo, Edwards or Staines. Averillo though is our highest priority player right now, our recruitment really hinges on where he plays especially if we chase Burton

 

[Novdoggie]

That's ok we are re-signing Tolman

 

[dogluva]

we must have a player coming, be that Lafai from all reports, for him to be released.

So once again we do a club a favour and take their dead wood so they free up cap space. Lafai has been at the Dragons for the last 5 years and done nothing...

Lol Wikipedia has him at the Dogs already.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lafai

 

[Teddybear]

So dumb, why swap a player we still have on contract for another couple of years to sign cotric who is off contract.
What a dumb deal

Making space for Cotric to move immediately, maybe potential swap for CHN (Canbra need forwards), who knows?

Go Dogs

 

[dogluva]

100%, even if he wasn't in our plans we should have tried to get a player in return.

Also read somewhere it was on compassionate grounds, what could they possibly be. It's not like he's going back to NZ hesd going to another suburb of Sydney.

The bloke he replaced, Sam Smith was allowed to leave to return to Qld for family reasons....

https://www.sportingnews.com/au/lea...-release-sam-smith/1wo3eg5id0dkv1s73e7ytnexvt

 

[Kip Drordy]

Harper hardly set the world on fire in NSW cup and was lucky to get a debut last year. Hasler/Cleale signed him for us and now taking him back. Similar to our top 30 player of last year, Zac Saddler who spent most of the year in Sydney Shield and now has a development spot at Manly. Harper also has a shit moustache. No loss.

 

[MichaelM]

Harpers immediate release may also be required to balance out our 2020 cap. Thompson coming early may have been in part due to CHN’s de registration and now that he is coming back we need to create a little space

 

[Dogtime]

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles have today signed exciting young centre Morgan Harper until the end of the 2022 season.

Harper joins the Sea Eagles immediately after today gaining a release from the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. He will join his new Manly team-mates at training tomorrow.

The 21-year-old made his NRL debut for the Bulldogs against Brisbane in round 25 of the 2019 season.


Born in Hamilton, New Zealand, Harper has played two NRL games after progressing from the Canterbury Cup. He had been contracted to the Bulldogs for the last five seasons.

Harper represented the Junior Kiwis in 2018.

“We have been looking at Morgan for quite some time. He is an exciting, fast and elusive centre and will complement the Manly squad. We are very happy to have secured his services,’’ said Sea Eagles Recruitment Officer Scott Fulton.

https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2020/07/14/sea-eagles-sign-morgan-harper/


No official statement from our club yet.

Manly enquired and we agreed, to make the extra spot needed for Okky and CHN.