Player Watch #2 Jacob Hopper

[Grockadoc]

At the game, he looked better than Taranto did with the old eye test

 

[Mr Magic]

At the game, he looked better than Taranto did with the old eye test

Seemed to have a better game, I will have to look at the replay

 

[Le RickyBobby]

Seemed to have a better game, I will have to look at the replay

Much better game. Still a limited player if he could improve his ball use it would help us immensely.

 

[TheDyerLegacy]

Going to predict he will make a lot of us (include me) eat some humble pie next year

Early days, but get your forks ready boys.

 

[Bojangles17]

Is playing well , GC no1 contested side in comp , on back of TT and hop we took it to them last night and beat them for contested ball was instrumental in the win

 

[WATiger86]

Is playing well , GC no1 contested side in comp , on back of TT and hop we took it to them last night and beat them for contested ball was instrumental in the win

Can’t under sell what having these guys around as leaders provides also

 

[Bojangles17]

Can’t under sell what having these guys around as leaders provides also

We’d be well and truly fkd with plans for likes of will Brodie and fiorini to help

 

[GhostofJimJess]

We’d be well and truly fkd with plans for likes of will Brodie and fiorini to help

And remember the calls on this board for Luke Dunstan and Brayden Sier?

 

[voorhees]

finally getting the repayments from hopper having a sound and fit body.
Can only imagine how he feels to be able to get consistency in his footy.
Would be in our top 5 for B&F this year, great to see.

 

[Mr Magic]

finally getting the repayments from hopper having a sound and fit body.
Can only imagine how he feels to be able to get consistency in his footy.
Would be in our top 5 for B&F this year, great to see.

thought he had a good game on the weekend

 

[tropicaltiger]

We’d be well and truly fkd with plans for likes of will Brodie and fiorini to help

we chased cerra hard, glad we were outbid

 

[tropicaltiger]

Much better game. Still a limited player if he could improve his ball use it would help us immensely.

you must have missed it when he came flying out of a scrambly pack with 2 suns in pursuit, slipped while turning sharply and threaded a rocket 30m jab pass to taranto in the corridor which set up a goal to us or when he was 52m out and took responsibility for the kick and banged thru for a vital goal v carlton.

 

[Charlie Pannam]

finally getting the repayments from hopper having a sound and fit body.
Can only imagine how he feels to be able to get consistency in his footy.
Would be in our top 5 for B&F this year, great to see.

Serpell deserves a lot of credit for getting our boys match fit. He’s worked on the running techniques of our players.
And it’s showing dividends with Lynch and Hopper being injury free for the first time in a long time.

 

[Ashman OG]

This bloke was ****ing huge against the most in form midfield in the comp!!!

 

[ShereKhan]

Please remember the Hopper trade was pick 31 and a F1 (8) for Hopper and 2 x later picks, where we took Steely Green and K Smith. Green is coming along nicely and Hopper playing very good footy and showing the way for the kids…. he’s also only on about $750k which is not even in the top-150 paid of comp from 2026 onwards.

If we don’t have Hopper and TT then guess what … we’d be trading for the likes of Parker, Shiels, Darling, Fisher, Daniel, Stephens, Corr, Logue and friends to provide leadership…..

 

[Ralll]

Please remember the Hopper trade was pick 31 and a F1 (8) for Hopper and 2 x later picks, where we took Steely Green and K Smith. Green is coming along nicely and Hopper playing very good footy and showing the way for the kids…. he’s also only on about $750k which is not even in the top-150 paid of comp from 2026 onwards.

If we don’t have Hopper and TT then guess what … we’d be trading for the likes of Parker, Shiels, Darling, Fisher, Daniel, Stephens, Corr, Logue and friends to provide leadership…..

Not only that but we expected the team to continue challenging, so that F1(8) was expected to be about Pick 14.

Good to see him finally get some fitness and continuation, this is the Hopper I expected.

 

[Bojangles17]

This bloke was ****ing huge against the most in form midfield in the comp!!!

They no1 contested team by some margin too , so to go toe to toe and come up trumps is a mighty effort , first half v freo went well too just wilted in sec half

 

[Del65166]

Serpell deserves a lot of credit for getting our boys match fit. He’s worked on the running techniques of our players.
And it’s showing dividends with Lynch and Hopper being injury free for the first time in a long time.

RFC been a fit football team for years. Often out run oppo teams win lose or draw. I think Serpell was focusing on repeat sprints. D. Rioli is the repeat/sprint king. Last game Hugo & Broad RFC top sprinters. Rioli, Jeffrey & Miller theirs.
RFC team out ran them by 1km
GCS outsprinted us 246 to 208. Repeats 30 to 19 their way.
Injury management huge tick

 

[UncleBob]

Credit where it's due, Hopper was massive against the Suns, particularly early.
Looking forward to hopefully seeing this continue

 

[richoplzbreed]

Clearly getting rid of Louie the Butcher has done wonders for many on our list. Who'd have thought replacing a Bozo who got a Cert 2 in personal training from Groupon for $29 with someone highly regarded with credentials to back it up would pay dividends. No one has benefited more than Hopper, who's stringing together a great consistent season. Before the season I was cool with trading him out and taking a loss on him.

The way he's going he'll be critical in our rebuild and 4 more years after this one will help take the pressure off the young developing mids we already have as well as the extra couple we'll draft this year. He's chugging along nicely so far, hopefully can stay injury free all year. His and Taranto's $5mil 7 year ($714k) deals are turning out to be wise investments. Duds who can't even get a game like Leek Aleer are now getting offered $900k. Last year Cumming & Perryman got $900k and nobody even knew who they were.

 

[Drunken Wookie]

Clearly getting rid of Louie the Butcher has done wonders for many on our list. Who'd have thought replacing a Bozo who got a Cert 2 in personal training from Groupon for $29 with someone highly regarded with credentials to back it up would pay dividends. No one has benefited more than Hopper, who's stringing together a great consistent season. Before the season I was cool with trading him out and taking a loss on him.

The way he's going he'll be critical in our rebuild and 4 more years after this one will help take the pressure off the young developing mids we already have as well as the extra couple we'll draft this year. He's chugging along nicely so far, hopefully can stay injury free all year. His and Taranto's $5mil 7 year ($714k) deals are turning out to be wise investments. Duds who can't even get a game like Leek Aleer are now getting offered $900k. Last year Cumming & Perryman got $900k and nobody even knew who they were.

the appointment of meehan felt wrong from the get go. just promoting the nearest guy without a thorough recruitment process to find the best available. glad we finally made the right call before he ruined any careers (gibcus on life support).

 

[richard parker]

Hopper is so impressive in the media and you can tell he is a very important part of the team's culture. I called it very early with Kane lambert

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Kane Lambert

Age

34

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.5

5star

G

0.6

4star

D

17.3

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.6

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.1

4star

G

0.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.2

3star

and I reckon hopper has coaching and leadership potential too. His attitude and energy is first rate! And his performances have improved nicely this season too. He is crucial to this rebuild.

 

[Bojangles17]

Hopper is so impressive in the media and you can tell he is a very important part of the team's culture. I called it very early with Kane lambert and I reckon hopper has coaching and leadership potential too. His attitude and energy is first rate! And his performances have improved nicely this season too. He is crucial to this rebuild.

100% looks to have really immersed himself in the club and is playing good footy , mixing it with some reputed mids most weeks , I said a while ago with a void of big names and reputations now at the club whether he and TT feel more at ease

 

[Timothy Luncheon]

Hopper is so impressive in the media and you can tell he is a very important part of the team's culture. I called it very early with Kane lambert and I reckon hopper has coaching and leadership potential too. His attitude and energy is first rate! And his performances have improved nicely this season too. He is crucial to this rebuild.

It looks like he tries his guts out more than anyone else. It's great to see. Hope he can continue to stay fit

 

[voorhees]

It looks like he tries his guts out more than anyone else. It's great to see. Hope he can continue to stay fit

his willingness to buy in has to do with the confidence he has with his body now.
It's great to see him enjoy his footy and playing for the tige's