	{"id":86790,"date":"2022-08-18T04:34:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T18:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=86790"},"modified":"2022-08-17T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T06:56:11","slug":"geelong-remains-right-in-the-mix-for-hopper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/geelong-remains-right-in-the-mix-for-hopper\/","title":{"rendered":"Geelong remains \u2018right in the mix\u2019 for Hopper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">AFL Media\u2019s Cal Twomey is reporting that Giants midfielder Jacob Hopper is a good chance of getting to the Cats this trade period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hopper, 25, is out of contract at the end of the 2023 season so the Cats would need to put forward a suitable trade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think Hopper is a good chance to be right in the mix for the Cats,\u201d Twomey said on SEN <em>Breakfast<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe reported about a month ago their interest in him as a pre agent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey\u2019d have to trade for him obviously. He\u2019s still got a year to go on his contract with the Giants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">SEN\u2019s Sam Edmund also reported on the weekend that the Cats \u201chave expressed a real interest\u201d in Hopper who has emerged as their \u201cnumber one target.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hopper has missed most of 2022 through injury.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em><strong>&#8211; BY ANDREW SLEVISON\/ SEN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFL Media\u2019s Cal Twomey is reporting that Giants midfielder Jacob Hopper is a good chance of getting to the Cats this trade period. 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