The Sea Eagles player hugged his controversial father John and NRL star brother Will as court officers led him away in the Downing Centre Local Court yesterday.

Shamed ... Jamil Hopoate. Picture: Ross Schultz Source: News Corp Australia

The jail term signalled the end of his relationship with the Sea Eagles, who last night indicated he would be sacked.

Police at the scene on the night of the assault / Picture: Gordon McComiskie Source: News Limited

Magistrate Jane Mottley said “this was a random act of violence perpetrated against innocent victims by a drunken assailant”.

The 20-year-old assaulted Alexander Christie and Timothy Blackett outside the Ivanhoe Hotel in Manly on Valentine’s Day this year.

The Ivanhoe Hotel Source: News Limited

Jamil Hopoate playing for Manly’s Harold Matthews side last year. Source: News Limited

Ms Mottley said Mr Blackett, who had come to the aid of Hopoate’s first victim “was cast aside like a toy so the assault on Mr Christie could ­continue”.

Police at the scene on the night of the assault / Picture: Gordon McComiskie Source: News Limited

The court heard Hopoate kicked Mr Christie as he tried to get off the ground, with the injuries knocking him unconscious. Hopoate’s lawyer Julieanne Levick had asked the court to place the father of one, who had previously been awarded a first grade contract with Manly next season, on a good behaviour bond.

Hopoate entering Downing Centre Local Court yesterday / Picture: Ross Schultz Source: News Corp Australia

Will Hopoate told the court during a sentencing hearing last week that his younger brother had “shamed” the family and felt “regret”.

Ms Mottley fixed a total 18-month jail sentence for the ­assault on Mr Christie, and a two-year good behaviour bond for the attack on Mr Blackett.

Hopoate, who had pleaded guilty to the assaults, intends to appeal the severity of his sentence, but was refused bail ahead of a hearing next year.