Rising rugby league player Jamil Hopoate has been charged with assault after allegedly punching a man outside a northern beaches pub in Sydney on Saturday night.

Hopoate was charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company and one count of affray.

Jamil Hopoate representing NSW Combined Catholic Colleges versus Queensland in 2011. Credit:Anthony Johnson

The son of former NRL star John Hopoate and brother of Parramatta's star recruit Will, Jamil has a chequered past before even featuring in first grade.

The 19-year-old is considered a promising backrow prospect, currently with the Manly Sea Eagles, but his immediate future in the game is now in the hands of the NRL's Integrity Unit, the club confirmed in a statement.