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Hopoate Family
Hopoate is a Tongan surname. Notable people with this surname include: *John Hopoate (born 1974), Australian rugby league player *Albert Hopoate (rugby league, born 1985), Australian rugby league player, younger brother of John *William Hopoate (born 1992) Australian rugby league player, son of John *Jamil Hopoate Jamil Hopoate (born 8 November 1994) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and convicted criminal who last played as a and for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL). Background He was born and raised ... (born 1994) Australian rugby league player and convicted criminal, son of John * Albert Hopoate (rugby league, born 2001), Australian rugby league player, son of John {{surname, Hopoate Tongan-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongan Language
Tongan (English pronunciation: or ; ') is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch native to the island nation of Tonga. It has around 187,000 speakers. It uses the word order verb–subject–object. Related languages Tongan is one of the multiple languages in the Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages, along with Hawaiian, Māori, Samoan and Tahitian, for example. Together with Niuean, it forms the Tongic subgroup of Polynesian. Tongan is unusual among Polynesian languages in that it has a so-called ''definitive accent''. As with all Polynesian languages, Tongan has adapted the phonological system of proto-Polynesian. # Tongan has retained the original proto-Polynesian *h, but has merged it with the original *s as . (The found in modern Tongan derives from *t before high front vowels). Most Polynesian languages have lost the original proto-Polynesian glottal stop ; however, it has been retained in Tongan and a few other languages including Rapa Nui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hopoate
John Hopoate (born 16 January 1974 in Tonga) is a former professional rugby league player and boxer who was involved in numerous sport controversies and subsequently convicted for violent crimes. He played rugby league in the Tonga national rugby league team, Australian Rugby League team, NSW State of Origin team and in the National Rugby League (NRL) for Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (including their 1996 Premiership team), Wests Tigers and the Northern Eagles. He became the "most suspended player of the modern era". In 2018 he was banned for 10 years by the NSWRL from any involvement in its and affiliated rugby league. Hopoate was the Australian heavyweight boxing champion from 2008 to 2009. He is the father of footballers William, Jamil and Albert Hopoate. Childhood and personal life Hopoate was born in Nukualofa, Tonga on 16 January 1974. His family moved to Australia and he lived in the Manly area of Sydney before moving to the western suburbs as a teenager. Hopoate is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Hopoate (rugby League, Born 1985)
Albert Hopoate (born 26 June 1985 in North Ryde) is an Australian professional rugby league/union player who is currently contracted to the Penrith Emus in the NSW Shute Shield competition. He is the younger brother of controversial former international player John Hopoate. Albert attended Eaglevale High School, where he made the Australian Schoolboys Rugby Union Team. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Like his brother John, he is also known by the nickname 'Hoppa'. References External linksSydney Roosters profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hopoate
William Hopoate (born 9 May 1992), also known as Viliami in Tongan, also known by the nickname of "Hoppa", is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a and on the for the St Helens in the Super League. He played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, Parramatta Eels and Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. Hopoate has also played for New South Wales City and New South Wales in the State of Origin series. Early life Hopoate was born in Manly, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Tongan descent He attended Cromer Campus and represented Australian Schoolboys rugby league team. Hopoate is the son of former Australian international, John Hopoate. Club career Manly Warringah Sea Eagles He joined Manly's squads in 2009 at the age of 16 and played the entire year in the Sea Eagles Toyota Cup. He primarily played at but also played on the wing and in the centres. Despite a season-ending injury to Manly 1st-grade fullback Brett Stew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamil Hopoate
Jamil Hopoate (born 8 November 1994) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and convicted criminal who last played as a and for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL). Background He was born and raised in Manly, New South Wales but of Tongan descent. He is the son of former Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles player John Hopoate and younger brother of rugby league player William Hopoate. Playing career Hopoate made his debut in round 1 of the 2020 NRL season for the Brisbane Broncos vs North Queensland Cowboys starting from the bench. Hopoate played 12 games for Brisbane in the 2020 NRL season as they finished last on the table for the first time in the club's history. Hopoate was released by Brisbane Broncos at the end of the 2020 season. Convictions In 2012, Hopoate was sacked by Parramatta due to a string of off-field incidents which included a mid-range drink driving conviction. In 2014, Hopoate was jailed for one year and given a two-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Hopoate (rugby League, Born 2001)
Albert Hopoate (born 25 February 2001) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL. Background Hopoate is of Tongan descent through his father John Hopoate who was an Australian, Tongan and New South Wales State of Origin representative. His elder brothers William Hopoate and Jamil Hopoate also play rugby league professionally, for St. Helens and Brisbane Broncos respectively. Albert played his junior rugby league for the Beacon Hill Bears, before being signed by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Playing career Early years Hopoate rose through the grades at the Manly-Warringah club, playing for their Harold Matthews Cup and S. G. Ball Cup sides, also appearing for the New South Wales under-16s side in 2017. He also played for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team, New South Wales National Youth rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
