Hunt confirms Dragons meeting as Broncos quash rumours

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By Lachlan Harper with WWOS Staff

Broncos main Dave Donaghy has spoken retired aft his nine was asked to explicate correspondence they've had with Ben Hunt.

Donaghy denies the Broncos person spoken to the wantaway Dragons gun, who revealed connected Nine's sum of the Dragons' clash with the Warriors helium has a gathering with nine bosses adjacent week, believed to beryllium connected Monday.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports 3 Queensland clubs person received an email from NRL wage headdress auditor Matt Faulkner asking for immoderate and each correspondence betwixt the clubs and Hunt.

League bosses fearfulness due to the fact that Hunt was seeking an contiguous merchandise from the Dragons, talks with rival clubs were already well-underway.

Under existent league rules, clubs and players oregon their absorption tin freely conscionable astatine immoderate time, nevertheless a subordinate whitethorn not tract a ceremonial connection from different nine until November 1 successful the twelvemonth earlier his declaration expires.

Ben Hunt. (Getty)

Earlier this week, Broncos manager Kevin Walters said the nine would look astatine Hunt, but lone if helium was off-contract.

"There haven't been immoderate negotiations with Ben, and we're not successful for him due to the fact that he's not disconnected contract," Donaghy said.

"I saw Kevvy's quotes astir Ben, which fundamentally said cipher had spoken to him, but if a subordinate similar that was disconnected contract, the nine would see him. Every nine would."

Hunt received a frosty reception successful his archetypal crippled backmost for the Red V against the Warriors successful Wollongong connected Friday night.

Although not evident connected the broadcast - perchance owed to the tiny assemblage - Nine commentators Brenton Speed and Paul Gallen said a conception of the assemblage did so boo Hunt arsenic helium ran onto the ground.

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The Dragons were comprehensively flogged by the Warriors, going down 48-18.

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Post-game, Nine adept Darren Lockyer - who is besides a committee subordinate astatine the Broncos - was unsure astir the concern Hunt mightiness beryllium facing.

"I conjecture the question is and a batch of radical person asked the question, bash you inquire for a merchandise if you don't person a backmost up plan?," helium said.

"That's the question.

"But possibly he's that unhappy, helium conscionable wants to spell backmost to Queensland (and) helium doesn't person an enactment yet but helium wants to get the archetypal hurdle retired of the mode and that's beryllium released from the Dragons, but that mightiness each alteration adjacent week."

The Titans are the favourites to secure Hunt's contract.

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