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'Sooky' Albert Hopoate credits wife for NRL return

Albert Hopoate has credited his wife for his NRL comeback after suffering burns. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

The kitchen may be too hot for burns victim Albert Hopoate to handle, but the young NRL star feels much more at home on the field.

The 23-year-old Canberra player spoke on Wednesday about the grade-two burn he suffered after a bottle of olive oil spray left in an oil trap caught fire and exploded on his arm.

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