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Brisbane halfback Ben Hunt accepts St George Illawarra’s lengthy multi-million dollar deal offer
BEN Hunt has accepted the biggest deal of his career.
The Brisbane playmaker has agreed to a six-year, multi-million dollar deal to join St George Illawarra from next season.
Earlier this week, the Dragons upped the ante in their pursuit to make Brisbane’s halfback their marquee man and it’s paid off.
On Friday afternoon, Foxsports.com.au revealed the Red V tabled the halfback a massive six-year deal with the final season an option in his favour.
Hunt has since accepted the offer which will make him one of the game’s richest players.
The deal is understood to be worth almost $1 million a season.
Hunt will play out this year with the Broncos before leaving Red Hill for the first time in his career.
The Dragons have plenty of cash to splash with half their squad unsigned beyond this year, including five-eighth Gareth Widdop and fullback Josh Dugan.
They were also in desperate need of signing a quality playmaker after missing out on both Luke Keary and Corey Norman last year.
Ultimately, the Dragons’ offer was a mammoth deal Brisbane couldn’t get anywhere near.
In fact, the Broncos could only afford to offer him a fraction of the price the Dragons were willing to pay thanks to having 11 of their starting 17 off-contract, including Darius Boyd, Anthony Milford and Andrew McCullough.
Not wanting to lose Hunt, the Broncos made him a three-year offer in a bid to keep his partnership with Milford together.
But it was in vain.
Milford is the Broncos’ preferred half, with the club in talks to extend the five-eighth’s deal for another three seasons.
Rather than take less and stay with the only club he’s ever known, Hunt will now uproot his young family and become the Dragons’ leader.
The 26-year-old made his NRL debut for the Broncos in 2009 and is approaching 200 games for the club.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...l/news-story/e42c28b0def0e5c290a6d3029aa10967
Wow! Dragons paid massive overs for Hunt. He is overrated and often goes missing.
BEN Hunt has accepted the biggest deal of his career.
The Brisbane playmaker has agreed to a six-year, multi-million dollar deal to join St George Illawarra from next season.
Earlier this week, the Dragons upped the ante in their pursuit to make Brisbane’s halfback their marquee man and it’s paid off.
On Friday afternoon, Foxsports.com.au revealed the Red V tabled the halfback a massive six-year deal with the final season an option in his favour.
Hunt has since accepted the offer which will make him one of the game’s richest players.
The deal is understood to be worth almost $1 million a season.
Hunt will play out this year with the Broncos before leaving Red Hill for the first time in his career.
The Dragons have plenty of cash to splash with half their squad unsigned beyond this year, including five-eighth Gareth Widdop and fullback Josh Dugan.
They were also in desperate need of signing a quality playmaker after missing out on both Luke Keary and Corey Norman last year.
Ultimately, the Dragons’ offer was a mammoth deal Brisbane couldn’t get anywhere near.
In fact, the Broncos could only afford to offer him a fraction of the price the Dragons were willing to pay thanks to having 11 of their starting 17 off-contract, including Darius Boyd, Anthony Milford and Andrew McCullough.
Not wanting to lose Hunt, the Broncos made him a three-year offer in a bid to keep his partnership with Milford together.
But it was in vain.
Milford is the Broncos’ preferred half, with the club in talks to extend the five-eighth’s deal for another three seasons.
Rather than take less and stay with the only club he’s ever known, Hunt will now uproot his young family and become the Dragons’ leader.
The 26-year-old made his NRL debut for the Broncos in 2009 and is approaching 200 games for the club.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...l/news-story/e42c28b0def0e5c290a6d3029aa10967
Wow! Dragons paid massive overs for Hunt. He is overrated and often goes missing.
