Sean 'Grass' Hoppe

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Sean Edward Hoppe
Nickname(s)
Grass
Born
Tuesday, 19th January, 1971
Current Age
53 years and 70 days

Awards & Accolades

Dally M Winger Of The Year
1995

Biography

Flying Kiwi winger scored two great tries, including a spectacular intercept, to set up NZ's 14-all draw in the First Test in Auckland in 1993. Hoppe played in all three Tests of the Trans Tasman series but was cut from the Canberra club at year's end for signing a letter of intent with the Auckland Warriors. After playing in two Tests against Great Britain on the 1993-94 Kiwi tour of England and France he spent the 1994 season giving good service to Norths - ironically taking the place of his NZ Test teammate Darryl Halligan. Hoppe played for the Warriors in the club’s formative years before signing with St Helens for three seasons (1999-01). In 2000 he represented the Maori team in the World Cup.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 152 81 -   - 324 77 73 2 50.66% List
Tour Matches New Zealand 18 8 -   - 32 13 4 1 72.22% List
World Cup 6 3 -   - 12 4 2 0 66.67% List
Test Series 23 10 -   - 40 11 9 3 47.83% List
NRL Finals 5 - -   - - 1 4 0 20.00% List
Anzac Tests 3 2 -   - 8 1 2 0 33.33% List
Super League 85 32 -   - 128 67 17 1 78.82% List
World Club Challenge 2 1 -   - 4 1 1 0 50.00% List
Challenge Cup 10 3 -   - 12 8 2 0 80.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1992-99, 2002 35 17 -   - 68 18 14 3 51.43% List
NZ Maori 2000 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Overall1992-2002 37 17 0   0 68 19 15 3 51.35% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1992, 1995 4 3 -   - 12 3 1 0 75.00% List
NZ Maori 2000 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Overall1992-2000 6 3 0   0 12 4 2 0 66.67% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canberra NSWRL 1992 17 6 -   - 24 7 10 0 41.18% List
Canberra NSWRL 1993 22 16 -   - 64 15 6 1 68.18% List
North Sydney NSWRL 1994 25 15 -   - 60 18 6 1 72.00% List
Auckland ARL 1995 22 19 -   - 76 13 9 0 59.09% List
Auckland ARL 1996 20 7 -   - 28 9 11 0 45.00% List
Auckland Super League 1997 18 11 -   - 44 7 11 0 38.89% List
Auckland NRL 1998 15 5 -   - 20 5 10 0 33.33% List
Auckland NRL 1999 13 2 -   - 8 3 10 0 23.08% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canberra 1992-93 39 22 -   - 88 22 16 1 56.41% List
North Sydney 1994 25 15 -   - 60 18 6 1 72.00% List
Warriors 1995-99 88 44 -   - 176 37 51 0 42.05% List
Overall1992-1999 152 81 0   0 324 77 73 2 50.66% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St Helens 1999 5 - -   - - 4 1 0 80.00% List
St Helens 2000 28 9 -   - 36 23 5 0 82.14% List
St Helens 2001 33 14 -   - 56 23 9 1 69.70% List
St Helens 2002 31 13 -   - 52 26 5 0 83.87% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St Helens 1999-02 97 36 -   - 144 76 20 1 78.35% List

Your Say

  • Mike McMahon
    30/06/2012

    Choppy was a full blown superstar in every right, on and off the field . He made an instant impact when he came to saints as a winger , his vision and knowledge of the game is second to none ,,, and he always found his way to the try line.
    A hard working athlete with an amazing die hard attitude.
    We knew each off the the pitch with Sean only living round the corner from me,,, after the game finished Sean went into renovating houses ,,, and in true choppy fashion became very good very quickly ,,, good luck were ever ya are chops
    Mikey boy

  • Sheryl
    19/10/2021

    Sean was our landlord in St. Helens when he played for Saints He is such a lovely guy and nothing was too much trouble for him. A true gent

  • TYRONE RETI
    30/04/2023

    HEY YA SEAN ,JUS LIKE TO SAY IT WAS A BLAST PLAYING WITH YOU AND THE BROS FRM ELLERSLIE EAGLES,GI FALCONR AND TIGERS TOUCH TEAM,ALL DA BEST BRO,2 U AND AL DA WHANAU,STL C SOME OF DA BROS AND U MADE US PROUD FROM GI!

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Terry Liberopoulos, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Steven Russo, Alan Katzmann, Cymru RL, Bill Bates

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997