Hopoate Snr's dire revelation about jailed son

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John Hopoate volition beryllium watching connected successful the stands successful Penrith arsenic his eldest lad Will takes the tract for St Helens against the Panthers successful the World Club Challenge connected Saturday night.

Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald, Hopoate snr, revealed however Will's vocation has been a immense inspiration for his 10 younger siblings, including Jamil, who hopes to ticker the lucifer from a situation cell.

Hopoate, present 49, elaborate however Will's beingness connected the tract connected Saturday volition supply his jailed lad with a timely boost, if he's allowed to ticker the game.

Jamil Hopoate was arrested trying present 8 kilograms of cocaine, and is up for parole successful July adjacent year.

Jamil had his spirits lifted erstwhile helium spoke with Will past week, and was hoping to someway tune into the St Helens' match.

"I've ever told my kids 'I'm the crash-test dummy', and what I've done is for you guys to see, truthful you don't travel me," 'Hopoate snr told the publication. "They accidental the pome doesn't autumn acold from the tree, and erstwhile it comes to my 2nd son, Jamil, helium fell successful my lap. He's successful jailhouse now.

"If he's allowed to ticker the crippled connected Saturday, I cognize it volition springiness him a boost. He would emotion to spot his member succeed. Will spoke to Jamil past Saturday ... and adjacent that was a boost for him. Hopefully helium tin crook his beingness around.

"Jamil was meant to play archetypal people astatine 18, but got locked up for a year. He came back, bided his time, present he's successful jailhouse again. He's retired adjacent July, which is simply a monolithic triumph for america due to the fact that we were told helium was looking astatine 5 to 8 years.

"I inactive wanted him to get something, truthful it would thatch him a lesson. But Will has lifted everyone from the start. All the boys wanted to beryllium similar Will. He played NRL astatine 18, Origin erstwhile helium was 19, and his brothers person ever aspired to beryllium similar him."

Hopoate said if St Helens defeats Penrith it would spell down arsenic 1 of his proudest moments.

St Helens got disconnected to a winning commencement connected their travel Down Under with a 30-18 triumph implicit the Dragons past Saturday.

Temperatures are predicted to deed 35 degrees astir kick-off clip astatine 6.50pm.

It's the archetypal clip the Panthers volition play a World Club Challenge lucifer successful Australia pursuing erstwhile failed attempts successful the UK backmost successful 1991 and 2004.

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