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| Full name | Karmichael Hunt |
| Height | 1.86nbsp;m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) |
| Position | Fullback |
Karmichael Hunt (born November 17 1986 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the Australian National Rugby League competition. He mainly plays in the fullback position, and occasionally on the wing and at halfback. Hunt has played 82 first-grade games for the Broncos between 2004 and 2025, and was part of the Broncos' premiership winning team in 2006. He has represented the Queensland Maroons in the interstate State of Origin series and has represented the Australian Kangaroos at international level.
Hunt made his NRL debut in 2004 and went on to play every game that season. His playing form was good enough to have him named the Dally M rookie of the year for 2004. In a controversial move, Hunt chose to play for Australia instead of New Zealand, his country of birth, because he had always dreamed of playing for Queensland in State of Origin.[1] After a disappointing downturn in 2005, Hunt made a strong showing in 2006, and that year he earned representative honours for Australia and Queensland.
Early life
Hunt was born on November 17 1986 in Auckland, New Zealand, to Hans and Tera Hunt, originally from the Cook Islands and Samoa respectively. He began playing rugby league at the age of four and when he was eleven, the family moved to the suburb of Algester in Brisbane, Australia.[2][3] Hunt's childhood hero was Michael Jordan and he dreamt of playing basketball in the United States and after moving to Brisbane, Hunt played junior rugby league for the South's club in Acacia Ridge.[4][5]
In 2000, Hunt made his representative debut with the Under 14 South-East team of the Queensland Rugby League (QRL), in the fullback position. In 2001, he became part of the Under 15 Australian merit side and Brisbane Broncos scout Cyril Connell saw Hunt play rugby league and offered him a scholarship with the club.[6][7][8] His manager asked the 15-year-old what he wanted to do with his future. Hunt responded that he wanted to play first grade, the highest level of rugby league, in his first season.[9] Hunt accepted the Broncos' scholarship and after playing well at South's Acacia Ridge and Sunnybank High School received a scholarship to the Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS).[10][11][12][13]
At ACGS, Hunt played rugby union and was a dominant figure on the schools team, which played in the Queensland Great Public Schools competition.[14][15] As a fullback he led his team to an undefeated premiership in 2003, and he was one of the best players in the competition.[16] While playing rugby union at ACGS, Hunt played for the Queensland Schoolboys rugby union against New South Wales.[11] He played in the Under 17 Queensland team in the position of lock and along with Anton LaVin, won the Bob Templeton Trophy as Queensland's leading schoolboy players that year.[17]
| 2003 - Hunt's Australian Schoolboys record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
In 2003 Hunt was selected for the Australian Schoolboy rugby league representative team, which toured New Zealand.[14] He played three games in all for the Australian Schoolboys team under the direction of coach Rod Patison.[18] One of the best players on the team, Hunt scored a try in each of the three games and was named best back of the series.[18][12] Australian Schoolboys' coaching staff predicted that Hunt was the most likely Australian schoolboy to make a debut in the NRL.[12]
In mid 2003, Craig Young, a recruitment officer for St. George Illawarra Dragons, saw Hunt play in a schoolboy competition. Young then told St. George Illawarra coach, Nathan Brown, that they should sign him at any costs. Young offered Hunt $80,000 to play for the Wollongong based St. George Illawarra. However, Brown hesitated to sign Hunt, feeling that they could not find a place for him on the team. Young still wanted Hunt to be on the St. George Illawarra team, but the young fullback instead joined the Brisbane Broncos.[19]
Brisbane Broncos
Debut season
Hunt joined the Brisbane Broncos club at the end of the 2003 season bringing his scholarship, earned in 2001, to fruition. He participated in the team's off-season training in early 2004, and under the guidance of Broncos' coach Wayne Bennett, Hunt developed further as a player.[3] Hunt expected himself to play most of the 2004 season in the Queensland Cup, the second-tier rugby league competition in Queensland.[20] Hunt was selected to participate in the Broncos' pre-season trial games in February. He played both trial games on the wing and scored a try in the first game against the Melbourne Storm.[21] Hunt made his National Rugby League (NRL) debut at the age of seventeen in the first round of the 2004 season with the Brisbane Broncos.[22] He was originally picked on the replacement bench for the opener, but Bennett instead placed him as the starting fullback, leaving the named starter Motu Tony on the bench.[23][22]
| Karmichael has an attitude just like Darren Lockyer where he can make a mistake and kiss it off and just get on with the game, It's a wonderful quality to have and you'd like every player to have it. A lot of guys dwell on mistakes and it stays with them too long. |
| — Wayne Bennett on Karmichael Hunt.[4] |
Hunt described Bennett and Broncos team-mate Darren Lockyer as the greatest influences on his league career.[3] With Lockyer's move to five-eighth, Hunt had large shoes to fill in the fullback position. Hunt proved to be a success; he played every game in 2004 for the Broncos and was the Broncos' top try-scorer.[24] He drew some criticism for his style of returning the football, because he would take the ball straight forward rather than going around opposition players. As a result he was often targeted by opposing players, which resulted in the Broncos asking the NRL to protect Hunt with more penalties.[25] The referee board supported this position, and stated that fullbacks such as Hunt needed to be protected due to greater risk of injury.[26]
The performance of the 2004 NRL rookies, including Hunt, was much anticipated. After a few games, his peers and the media singled Hunt out as the next superstar of the game.[27][28][29] To relieve him of the pressure, Bennett placed a season-long media ban on Hunt.[30] Hunt scored four tries in the Round 17 clash with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, equalling the team record.[31]
Throughout the entire year after playing 26 games, he missed only four minutes of play for the Broncos.[32] His excellent playing form earned him the Brisbane Broncos and Dally M. rookie of the year awards.[33][34]
2005
At the end of 2004 Hunt signed with the Broncos for an additional two years, with the intention to stay at the Broncos for the rest of his career.[35] Coach Wayne Bennett advised Hunt to have fun and enjoy himself like any other teenager, so that it would not affect his second year in first-grade rugby league.[36] But Hunt did not perform as well in his second season as his debut year,[37] which the media labelled as "Karmichael's second-year syndrome".[38] Hunt scored less tries and had less kick returns, but was retained at his preferred fullback position for the entire year.[39][40]
In a round 6 game against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Hunt was knocked unconscious by a Shaun Timmins high tackle. As a result Hunt missed his first NRL game since his 2004 debut the following week. Hunt had headaches and nausea, suffering concussion before returning two weeks after the incident.[41] Timmins was charged with a grade two careless high tackle, and pleaded guilty and did not miss any matches.[42] Hunt only missed that game and retained his position of fullback for the entire year. Hunt was a part of the junior Australian representative team at the end of the 2005 season, but was not considered for the game against Papua New Guinea for personal reasons.[43][44]
Premier season
Prior to the 2006 National Rugby League season Wayne Bennett, backed by former Broncos halfback Allan Langer, groomed Hunt to be a key play-maker in the halves with the intention of taking pressure off Darren Lockyer and then-halfback Brett Seymour.[45][46] In a trial match against the North Queensland Cowboys, Hunt performed well as halfback; however, he wanted to return to fullback and did so for the NRL opener.[47][48]
Hunt sustained a foot injury in the Broncos Round 15 match and was sidelined for eight weeks.[49] During his injury, early in the morning on July 30, 2006 Hunt was at the scene of a fight outside a Brisbane night club in Brisbane's CBD. The media, notably Channel 7 and Channel 10, alleged Hunt was the instigator of the incident, claiming Hunt squirted water on a woman. The Broncos denied Hunt had any involvement in the incident, though a woman gave his name to police. The Brisbane council owned the CCTV footage of the incident, but when the media tried to get the tape, they were denied, leading to speculation that Hunt had something to do with the fight. However, Hunt denied having anything to do with the incident, insisting he was merely a bystander.[50]
| I look around and see guys like Webbie and Locky who have been here for their entire careers, and it's something I would like to do. If I can, I want to be a one-club player too. Playing footy is not just about 80 minutes out on the field every week. For me it is a career and I want to be happy where I am, satisfied that my game is progressing and that I am learning all the time to be a better player. |
| — Karmichael Hunt on his future at the Broncos[51][52] |
When Hunt's contract ended at the end of 2006 the Broncos' concern mounted as to whether they would be able to retain him or not.[53] The Broncos could only offer Hunt about AU$200,000 a season, while other teams could have offered him AU$300,000.[54] The South Sydney Rabbitohs may have even offered Hunt up to AU$500,000 a season but on June 29, Hunt signed with the Broncos for a further three years.[55] Brisbane Broncos chief executive, Bruno Cullen announced that contract negotiations were "straightforward" and there was never any doubt that Hunt wanted to stay at the Broncos.[52]
During Hunt's injury, Bennett moved Broncos team mate Justin Hodges to fullback and Hodges was impressive in the position.[56] When Hunt returned to the Broncos side in round 25 against the Parramatta Eels, he was forced to play on the wing due to Hodges' good form.[57] Hunt and Hodges continued to switch the fullback position for the remainder of the season. Bennett was able to switch the players because both were in good form. Hunt missed the first week of the finals due to a hamstring problem but returned a week later.[58] The Broncos managed to make the grand final against the Melbourne Storm and won 15-8 with Hunt playing on the wing and Hodges at fullback.[59][60]
2007 and beyond
Bennett pulled his first selection surprise of 2007, experimenting with Hunt at halfback for the opening game of the season.[61] At the time Bennett maintained that this would be a long term switch but due to the Broncos' poor form, Bennett returned Hunt to fullback for Round 3.[62][63] In Round 11, the Broncos had their biggest victory yet, winning 71-6 over Newcastle. In that game Hunt set up 3 tries and scored one himself.[64] The Brisbane newspaper The Sunday Mail described Hunt as not performing consistently throughout the 2007 season for the Broncos.[65] However Hunt played an exceptionally good game in Round 15 against the West Tigers, scoring three tries, assisting in a try and gaining 281 metres in the Broncos win.[66]
| There is nothing to say Darren will not play on but if he retires then Karmichael could be the logical choice ... Karmichael would only be 23 or 24 when he became captain but that is not too young. Given he has already played three seasons in the NRL and represented Queensland and Australia, he certainly will have the experience. |
| — Bruno Cullen on the possibility of Hunt becoming the next Broncos captain[67] |
Hunt's skill on the field and positive influence on other team members led to his emergence, early in 2007, as a future candidate for the Broncos captaincy.[52] This move had the full support of Bruno Cullen, Broncos' chief executive, who stated that Hunt had the support of Broncos management.[67] Current captain Lockyer gave his support to Hunt being the next captain, saying that Hunt has the respect of fellow players and leadership qualities to be the captain of the Broncos.[68]
After Round 18 of the competition, on during a training session on July 20 2007, he injured his hamstring and was originally ruled out for six weeks.[69] However, Hunt didn't take the expected six weeks to recover,[70] instead being ruled out for the rest of the season, which was five extra weeks than first expected.[71]
Representative career
Allegiance
In his debut season in 2004, Hunt was approached to play at the international level for New Zealand in the ANZAC Test match.[72] Although he was born in New Zealand, he had played all of his rugby league in Queensland, and he was therefore eligible to play for both countries. Hunt pledged his allegiance to Queensland and therefore Australia and was not selected for either country.[73] Hunt became a possibility for the Australian squad for the 2004 Tri-Nations, but Bennett, who was the coach of Australia, decided not to select him due to his inexperience.[4][74] In 2006, media speculation suggested that Hunt intended to change his allegiance and play for the New Zealand team, but Hunt put the speculation to rest when he confirmed he would play for Australia.[75]
| I've grown up in Queensland and I've played all my junior football here, loyalty is a big thing for me and if I'd turned my back on the work they'd put in to me as a junior it would have been disappointing. |
| — Karmichael Hunt on pledging his allegiance to Queensland[4] |
Hunt was considered for the 2004 State of Origin series amongst other fullbacks but Hunt was ignored for the entire series and Penrith Panthers fullback Rhys Wesser played instead.[76][77]
Australian and Queensland debut
His good form in 2006 paid off when he was selected to play for the Australian team against New Zealand on May 5.[78][79] He was controversially selected to replace the injured Anthony Minichiello on the Australian team, being selected over the in-form Matt Bowen.[75] That game was Hunt's representative and international debut, and he performed well but only played for 50 minutes, making one error and 83 metres in kick returns.[80] However, he was unable to complete the game due to a concussion sustained by a blow from Frank Pritchard. He was taken unconscious from the field and played no further part in the match.[81]
After his test debut, Hunt was expected to be the Queensland fullback in Origin One of the three match 2006 State of Origin series. However, Queensland selectors decided to stay with incumbent Origin fullback Matt Bowen.[82] The selectors reconsidered after Queensland lost the first game, selecting Hunt for the second game. In his State of Origin debut, Hunt ran with the ball 17 times, making 196 metres.[83][84] He missed the third Origin game because of the foot injury which he sustained in the Broncos' Round 15 match. Sidelined for eight weeks, Hunt was replaced by Clinton Schifcofske.[49][85]
2006 Tri-Nations
Hunt was one of eight Broncos players selected for the Australian team for the end of year Tri-Nations series.[86] With the absence of injured rival Anthony Minichiello, Hunt retained his fullback position for the first Tri-Nations match.,[87][88] Hunt played exceptionally well, scoring two tries in a man of the match performance.[89] Hunt played in the remainder of the Tri-Nations series,[90] which Australia won and in which Hunt scored a total of three tries. The Tri-Nations win capped off a good year for Hunt, who made his debut for Australia and Queensland before being a part of the Premiership winning Broncos team.
2007 representative season
Hunt retained his fullback position for Australia in the 2007 ANZAC Test.[91] Hunt ran the ball the most times with 18 times and scored one try in a man-of-the-match performance as Australia won 30-6.[92][93]
Hunt was named fullback for all three games of the 2007 State of Origin series despite the club form of rival fullbacks Billy Slater and Matt Bowen.[94][95][65] In the second game, Hunt played a full match despite aggravating his foot injury as Queensland sealed the series after winning the first two games.[96] Hunt played in the third Origin game despite suffering a calf injury during training.[97]
Hunt was unable to be selected in the end of year test for Australia against New Zealand due to a hamstring injury sustained earlier in the season.[71]
Career statistics
| Hunt's Brisbane Broncos first grade record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Era | Games | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points | |
| 2004-2025 | 82 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 152 | |
| Hunt's Queensland Maroons record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Era | Games | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points | |
| 2006-2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hunt's Australian Kangaroos record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Era | Games | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points | |
| 2006-2025 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
Honours
| Debut | ||
|---|---|---|
First Grade Debut - March 14 2004 Cap:130[citation needed] | ||
Australian Test Debut - May 5 2006 Cap:732[98] | ||
Queensland State of Origin Debut - June 14 2006 Cap:159[99] | ||
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by | Dally M Rookie of the Year 2004 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Broncos Rookie of the Year 2004 |
Succeeded by |
| Records | ||
17 years, 118 days | ||
with Steve Renouf, Wendell Sailor, Justin Hodges | ||
| Preceded by | Broncos Most tries in a Season 15 Tries - 2004 |
Succeeded by |
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I look around ... to be a better player.
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External links
- Karmichael Hunt at the Brisbane Broncos official website. (This link no longer works, please see the template page to change.)
- Template:StateofOrigin player
- Player Profile at nrl.com
- Player Profile at nrlstats.com