One of Joel Thompson’s former teammates at the St George Illawarra Dragons, Peter Mata’utia, has taken a light-hearted dig at the forward who has just linked with the Manly Sea Eagles.

Thompson tweeted, “First day at @SeaEagles . Didn’t think the move was going to happen but here now for a big 2018.”

Mata’utia was quick to reply with a post from Thompson’s own Instagram account:

I swear you said dragons was your fav team growing up too bra. 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/LRnzc2KGV3

— PeanutMatautia (@PeteMatautia) January 8, 2018