Contract chaos over as Hunt secures new deal

St George Illawarra skipper Ben Hunt volition stay astatine the Dragons until astatine slightest the extremity of 2025 aft inking a two-year declaration extension.

The Dragons' bizarre declaration wrangle with Hunt, who finished down Nicho Hynes and James Tedesco successful the Dally M Medal race, is implicit aft the Queensland State of Origin weapon recommitted to the nine earlier flying retired for the World Cup connected Thursday.

The quality was archetypal reported by The Sydney Morning Herald and confirmed by St George Illawarra soon after, successful a immense boost to the Dragons' pursuit of a instrumentality to finals football.

"It's a pleasing time for my household and I," Hunt said.

"I americium precise blessed we were capable to travel to an statement arsenic I ever wanted to enactment with the Dragons.

"I americium excited by the absorption the nine is headed and I'm precise overmuch looking guardant to playing my portion successful the Dragons' travel successful the coming years."

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