Reject prop Sam Moa set to haunt the club that closed the door on his NRL lifeline SAM Moa struggled to type the email. "I'm very disappointed about Manly," he wrote, the warmth of his heater not enough to keep out the Northern England winter. But I guess that is the way it is. I can't see myself staying here another year. I am willing to back myself, even if it doesn't look good for me at the moment. Moa, the Tongan cannonball, was up early on a frozen morning in Hull writing back to his manager in Australia, Sam Ayoub. The 100kg prop had just been told Manly, his Grand Final opponents on Sunday night, did not want him. Moa could not mask his disappointment or his desperation as he faced the latest knock-back. Sam Moa prepares to play a Grand Final for the Roosters. He had been rejected. The softly spoken giant was left facing another year in the Super League, 17,000km away from his Sydney-based sweetheart and his dream of atonement after wasting his first shot in the NRL. The Sunday Telegraph has obtained a series of emails Moa sent from England while he was playing with Hull FC in the Super League. And they aren't pretty. Moa was the player no NRL club wanted. After failed stints with the Tigers and Sharks, he was desperate to return home to not only be with his partner, but also to prove wrong those who said he would never make it back. First it was the South Sydney Rabbitohs that knocked him back. Moa then was told Manly were interested in him. He could not have been happier. He thought his return ticket was on its way and was overjoyed at the prospect of playing for one of the strongest clubs in the NRL. But on June 2, 2012, a Manly official told Ayoub they had gone cold on Moa. "I have spoken to the coaching staff," the official said. And they have decided they will not be pursuing Sam. It was a familiar line. Despite being one of the hardest working props in the Super League, everyone in Australia remembered him as a sloppy player good for one hit up or two. They didn't know he was now making up to 40 tackles a game and was fit. Really fit. Moa took the Manly knock-back hard. He told his manager he would play for free. Melbourne showed some interest, and Moa even visited them while on a trip to Australia. But nothing came of it. Many would have given up. But with the help of his manager, and a big push from former Hull FC teammate and now Roosters defence coach Craig Fitzgibbon, Moa got his NRL lifeline at Bondi. The contract was small, and he was never promised a first-grade spot, but that was good enough. Moa always knew he only needed a chance and 16 months after being knocked back by the Sea Eagles, he is starting a grand final in the front row for the Roosters. A no-name signing not even mentioned in pre-season talk could be the man to end Manly's premiership dream.