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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3256040, member: 9853"] [I][B]Karmichael Hun[/B]t joined the wrestling drills yesterday. Today, he hits the training track:[/I] “It was a spinout. The guys are in a new facility. I keep telling them, ‘geez you guys are lucky’. I look across the road and say that is where we used to train." "It was a full-circle moment, for sure. I couldn’t have predicted this outcome, if you’d asked me two years ago where I’d end up. If you’d asked, ‘Do you think you would be back in rugby league or the Broncos?’, I would have said no. It’s kind of a feel-good moment for me.” "When the Broncos went down 58-0 to Parramatta, it was an ugly day and I was like ‘Geez, I’d like to get back and help there if I could. I had another year there with the Waratahs and this year, the way it ended with them not wanting to spend money and us not wanting to go overseas because of COVID, we packed up and went back to Brissie." “I thought, ‘I’ve still got some good years of footy left in me and I’d like to get back into league and coach after I finish playing’. But let’s have one more crack at playing and see if an opportunity pops up.” “I’m definitely a lot smarter than I was, I won’t be running into brick walls like I was when I was 17. There will be no kamikazes, I’ll leave that up to Jamayne.” [ATTACH type="full" alt="6974776bd0b98f1b2abf4fa98d80d2e5.jpg"]12780[/ATTACH] “When I spoke to Kevvie a couple of weeks ago he just wanted to get me in there around the guys to provide some experience. I haven’t spoken to him today about my prospects of playing. A huge part of it for me is to be able to give back to the club that gave me everything as a 17 year old." “But I feel like one of the best ways to be able to help the next generation come through is to compete with them and push them on the training track. I want to be doing that every day. I would love to get the opportunity to pull that jersey back on. That is the goal for me.” “Having been out of the system — I have been playing Intrust Super Cup — so you are not sure where you are physically. I am looking forward to getting on the paddock and seeing where I sit. People who know me well know I always back myself. I have some good years of footy left in me.” “To be able to play in the NRL again and to be able to play with the Broncos, where I made my debut 17 or 18 years ago, it would mean the world to me. For it to happen a lot of things had to go right for me. If I get a debut off the back of that, it would be unreal." “Benji Marshall is inspiring, he’s definitely inspiring me. He’d been doing that for a lot of the older players in a similar position to ourselves. What he is doing is phenomenal. I was talking about Benji over the dinner table [on Monday] because we played Queensland Schoolboys together about 19 years ago. To see him at his age playing the footy that he’s doing for the Rabbitohs is just inspiring. Definitely I feel like if Benji can do it, it’s given me hope that I can do it as well.” “I'm still a competitor, I still go out and give my all. I'm obviously a lot more mature off the field, I don't go out and make silly decisions any more. I've got four kids this time around, I'm a father more so than one of the lads." “But I’ve got a lot of care for my craft and now I have a deeper appreciation for professional sports and wanting to give back to the young kids coming through. It’s full circle for me. It’s really gratifying to have this opportunity to be able to give back and still compete at this level.” “To be 34, having gone around the merry-go-round with all the sports I have tried and personal issues, to be in the Broncos squad and have an opportunity to be able to work for a jersey and give back to the club, I don’t think I could have written a better story for myself. I am just first and foremost happy to be back in the building, helping out where I can. If Kevvie gives me a jersey, happy days.” McHunt [/QUOTE]

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