Lehi Hopoate

[eagle66]

I know what you're saying but the kid can't be blamed for his old man. I'm very interested coz it could be our season gone tonight. We need him to at least hold his own and not be a disaster. Here's hoping.

I think our season was the game against Canberra.
I hope I am wrong

 

[Seagles68]

I think our season was the game against Canberra.
I hope I am wrong

If we can somehow jag this one, it might stop the bleeding.

 

[lsz]

Honestly is there anything more exciting (now we are a mid table at best club) than the debut of a new potentially gun kid?

 

[tookey]

Honestly is there anything more exciting (now we are a mid table at best club) than the debut of a new potentially gun kid?

Beating the storm tonight would come close

 

[lsz]

Beating the storm tonight would come close

I have had enough of the one off wins we seem to pull out a couple of times a season!

 

[tookey]

I have had enough of the one off wins we seem to pull out a couple of times a season!

It is all we have to look forward to these days unfortunately

 

[Leighbra]

Hopefully they play him at fullback in his preferred position give the kid some confidence on debut.. I love a debut especially a local juniors debut

 

[joeboy]

Don’t get attached to him, if he plays well he will be gone in no time. It’s the hoppa M.O. I hope he has a blinder then is happy to be a winger/centre with manly for 2-3 years.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Take a bow young fella what a debut.

 

[Dion Johnson]

… as long as we don’t put expectations on him like Weekes and Albert Hoppa etc

Solid debut from young Hoppa, looks like he can make a good first grader..

 

[eaglebuzz]

Not perfect but certainly good enough to justify being handed the first grade jumper.

Good stuff

 

[SeaEagleSI1]

 

[danny-boy]

Great debut. His play style is similar to Tyrell Sloan.

 

[The Wheel]

Great game by Hoppa

 

[Simonmyers11]

He was amazing tonight. He is a natural mover and positioned himself so well at the back

 

[Simonmyers11]

Great debut. His play style is similar to Tyrell Sloan.

agree. just glides around the field but has a blistering turn of pace

 

[Dion Johnson]

Great debut. His play style is similar to Tyrell Sloan.

Thought he read all the attack that the Storm threw at him, another off season or two and he will have the strength to hold up players, nearly did on Meaney..

 

[Will on the hill]

Not to bad for a kid that's barely Lehi to a grasshopper.

 

[Simonmyers11]

Talk of Turbo to centre, well. Looking at the future

Hoppa
Garrick
Turbo
Koula
Saab/Talau

 

[JBW]

Very solid debut. Was in position when he needed to be, made some good tackles, ran for 147m. Hope to see more of him. He'll get more confident. Probably passed too early a couple of times when he could have taken on the line. But overall, good on the young lad.