Legends angered by prospect of Hunt to Broncos

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Andrew Johns has slammed the imaginable of Ben Hunt joining the Brisbane Broncos connected a short-term deal, declaring the determination is grounds of the wage headdress not working.

Hunt, the Dragons captain, has requested an contiguous merchandise and could perchance articulation the Broncos for the remainder of this play earlier signing a longer-term woody elsewhere, starting successful 2024.

Johns didn't responsibility Hunt for wanting retired of the Dragons, but said he shouldn't beryllium allowed to locomotion from a squad that's presently 15th connected the ladder to 1 who's second.

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"If helium wants to go, helium tin go," helium said connected Nine's NRL Sunday Footy Show.

"There's nary loyalty from the clubs to players. If the nine wants to get escaped of a player, they conscionable rissole him.

Ben Hunt lined up for the Dragons successful circular 17, but wants retired of the nine (Jason McCawley via Getty Images)

"I conscionable find it truly hard that he's going into a squad that's coming 2nd connected the ladder.

"He's going to spell into a squad that retired of the 17 that's playing contiguous there's 15 (current oregon former) Origin and planetary players. Then you're going to adhd different feline who's a champion player, I conscionable find it sick."

Johns suggested players who interruption their declaration should request to spell done a draught strategy alternatively than walking to the nine of their choice.

"Api Koroisau has breached his jaw astatine the Tigers, truthful they don't person a dummy half. The Knights person mislaid their starting dummy fractional successful Jayden Brailey," helium said.

"I conscionable deliberation if idiosyncratic decides to interruption their contract, they've got to spell into immoderate benignant of draft.

Hunt volition articulation a star-studded lineup astatine the Broncos if his exit wishes are granted by the Dragons (Getty)

"I conscionable find it truly hard to recognize however helium tin spell into a squad which is simply a red-hot accidental of winning the competition. Now that he's going determination I deliberation they triumph the competition.

"The adjacent happening is the wage headdress isn't moving due to the fact that we person third-party deals which aren't transparent. I deliberation it should beryllium retired successful the public.

"People successful the nationalist privation to cognize however this is going to hap wherever Ben Hunt is going to spell to a squad which is afloat of superstars."

Fellow league large Brad Fittler besides concurred, questioning the fairness of Hunt being capable to articulation 1 of the NRL's astir almighty clubs.

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"You request a window successful the mediate wherever if you're not blessed with the nine oregon the nine isn't blessed with you (you tin move). Maybe helium (Hunt) might've missed that model (if it existed)," helium said.

"If you bash it successful the mediate it works for everyone, it's getting to the signifier wherever radical leaving clubs and coaches getting sacked is each beauteous common, players are beauteous utilized to it.

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"Once you commencement the play fractional of your wealth is already paid, truthful anyone who leaves astatine immoderate portion during the play it's not just what the different nine gets them for. It's the aforesaid if idiosyncratic gets pushed retired of a nine for mediocre behaviour.

"That full strategy could beryllium looked astatine present and Ben Hunt is simply a high-profile person, truthful I deliberation thing volition beryllium done astir it."

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