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Michael Maguire gets his man in huge coup as Bunt Hunt returns home to Broncos on two-year deal
BREAKING: Madge gets his man in huge coup as Hunt returns home to Broncos
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Michael Maguire gets his man in huge coup as Bunt Hunt returns home to Broncos on two-year deal
IT’S official - Ben Hunt will be playing for the Brisbane Broncos under new coach Michael Maguire in 2025. Hunt has agreed to a two-year deal worth around $600,000-a-season to return home to Red Hill in Brisbane.The Kangaroos and Queensland star personally telephoned Dolphins coach Kristian Woolf and Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson to inform them of his decision on Tuesday morning.
With the Brisbane Broncos preparing for Ezra Mam to be rubbed out for up to all of 2025 over his off season car accident the signature of Hunt is a major coup for the Broncos.
Hunt, who will turn 35 in March, will wear the Brisbane no.6 jersey made famous by champion players Wally Lewis, Kevin Walters and Darren Lockyer.
The combination of Brisbane captain Adam Reynolds and Hunt in the halves will provide the Broncos with the NRL’s most experienced playmaking combination.
It also means Maguire will field a roster expected to finish in the top four with strike players Reece Walsh, Payne Hass, Pat Carrigan, Kotoni Staggs and Selwynn Cobbo being guided by the experienced playmaking pair.
The Broncos have been bullish about their desire to sign Hunt ever since St George Illawarra made the call to cut the Red V captain loose earlier this month.
The signature of the 334-game NRL playmaker is a major coup for new Broncos coach Maguire as he sets about implementing a blueprint aimed at turning Brisbane back into an immediate premiership threat.
Hunt’s return to Brisbane sets up the opportunity for the experienced ball-player to right the wrongs of the 2015 grand final when he famously dropped the kick off in golden point.
Cowboys champion Johnathan Thurston then kicked a field goal to win North Queensland’s maiden premiership.
Hunt then left the Broncos at the end of 2017 to spend the next seven seasons at St George Illawarra.
The opportunity for Hunt to help the Broncos try and win the club’s first title since 2006 sets up a brilliant narrative.