He was already out of the game. Eels tried to sign him for under 200k. NRL came back and said nope his value is 400k.
Signing one of the biggest names in Australian sport for peanuts. I don't think that would have gone down well.
I don't see how you justify that amount of money sitting on the bench.
Plus, I'm not sold on Hunt/Reyno working. They're both players that want to be calling the shots. I think for balance, we would be much better off with Ezra/Reyno in the halves and Hunt at 9.
Unless part of the deal for Hunt is that he accepts he’s going to be hooker. When Ezra comes back, it’s either that or he’s in QLD Cup. Maybe they won’t want to stuff around with playing him in the halves part time.