Brisbane Broncos utility Ben Hunt admits his impending departure from the club has finally started to hit him as finals football fast approaches.
The 27-year-old will leave Red Hill at season’s end after agreeing to join the St George Illawarra Dragons on a five-year deal estimated to be worth more than $1 million a season.
It will be the first time Hunt has played for another NRL club after starting his rise to first grade with Brisbane in 2008, winning the inaugural National Youth Competition Player of the Year award in that same year.
Hunt then went on to make his first-grade debut at the Broncos in 2009 and has now played almost 200 NRL matches for the club.
Three Australian Test caps and one game for the Queensland Maroons add to his achievements while at the Broncos, and if his performance on Saturday night is anything to go by Hunt is a real chance for further representative honours in the future.
Hunt was outstanding in Brisbane’s 54-0 win over the Gold Coast Titans on Saturday, shifting to hooker in the absence of Andrew McCullough who is out for the season with a knee injury.
