MANLY officials are unconcerned about Will Hopoate spending two years out of the game, and hope to re-sign him for the 2014 season before he leaves on his Mormon mission at the end of the year. Read the full article
I would expect Manly are doing their best (in negotiations) to persuade Hoppa to stick around. Can I suggest they structure a package whereby he returns in a development role and continue gods work on behalf of the club. Manly could establish a Northern Beaches charity that Hoppa can be heavily involved in with a third party arrangement for that employment and a tax deduction for the club? Perhaps splitting his time between community work and carving up teams for the eagles!
