It’s understood the NRL salary cap auditor benchmarked Hunt’s contract against other offers and considered key metrics, including his age - he turns 35 in March - before registering the Broncos deal.
But the final roadblock for the Broncos was the NRL's salary cap auditor, who needed to tick off on Hunt's contract both fitting into the club's already bloated salary cap which includes big-money deals for the likes of Payne Haas, Patrick Carrigan and Reece Walsh, among others, but also that Hunt's value matched the dollars he was going to be paid in Brisbane.
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