Hunt to AFL.

We all expected Hunt to swap codes once his contract with the Broncos ended, however no one expected him to swap to AFL.  As Andrew Voss described this revelation on the Footy Show last night, this news was one of the "best kept secrets in NRL history."

I think the new Gold Coast franchise has taken a huge risk, making their first signing a rising NRL star who has played only a handful of school boy AFL games.  Also, how can he be expected to promote the game and/or the club when he is currently a Rugby League ambassador.  It simply makes no sense and was not thought through properly.

If any player should be signed up by the AFL I think it should be Israel Folau, whose acrobatic try scoring abilities have been nothing short of impressive.  He leaps higher than any other winger in the NRL and has extremely reliable hands. 

There is no doubt in my mind that after  stint in the AFL, Hunt will be back playing league, just like most of the players that have switched codes in the past have done.  Players such as Tahu, Rogers, Sailor and Stewart, just to name a few, have all gone to Union and returned.  

I believe that Hunt will be fairly successful in the AFL however I believe he will not be as successful as he has been in the NRL and will be back in the future.