Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te whetu whutupaoro o te waehere Karmichael Hunt kua utua he $ 2500 i muri i tana whakaae he hara ia ki nga kaute e wha mo te pupuri i te tarukino engari kaore he whiu i whakairihia ki a ia. I whakaae te kaitākaro o Queensland Reds o nāianei ki ngā whakapae kua whakaitihia, i muri i tana whakapae i te tuatahi mo te tuku i te tarukino ture kore. He iti ake te utu $2500 i te nui o te moni i utua e Hunt mo nga raau taero, e tata ana ki te $300 ia karamu. I muri mai i te ahiahi, ka kaha ake te whiu a te Rōpū Rakahi o Ahitereiria ki a Hunt, e whiu ana i a ia me te aukati e ono wiki me te $ 30,000 te utu. I whakarerea hoki e ia tana tūranga hei kaitiaki tuarua i tana karapu. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I ataata katoa te whetū whutupaoro a Karmichael Hunt i a ia e wehe ana i te kooti me te kore e whakawakia, i muri i tana whakapae i mua mo te pupuri i te tarukino. Ka tae atu a Hunt ki te kooti i mua i tana whakaae he hara ia mo nga whakapae e wha mo te pupuri tarukino. Ko ngā whakapae e whā katoa e pā ana ki tētahi wā kotahi marama mai i te 1 o Hepetema ki te 4 o Oketopa o te tau kua hipa, i te wā i noho ai a Hunt i runga i tētahi 'whakamate' i muri i te tau, e ai ki tana roia, a Alastair McDougall. I whakaaetia e Hunt te he mo ana mahi, a, i mihi ki tana kapa me nga kaiwhaiwhai o te keemu. 'I mahi au i tētahi hapa nui i te tau kua hipa, ā, kāore he tangata i tua atu i a au hei whakapae mō tēnei āhuatanga,' i mea a Hunt i roto i tētahi kōrero i whakaputaina i te ahiahi nei. 'Kei te tino pouri ahau mo te mamae i pa ki taku whanau, hoa, hoa kapa, mema Reds, kaitautoko, kaiwhaiwhai me te hapori whutupaoro me te hākinakina i Queensland me tua atu. I te tīmatanga o te rā, i kī a Hunt kua 'raru' ia i te whakatau a te kōti. 'Kei te tumanako ahau ki te waiho i tana waahanga o te tukanga i muri i a maatau ka neke atu,' i kii ia. Kua whakaritea kia tū a Hunt ki tētahi huihuinga pānuitanga i te Paraire, engari i a ia e kōrero ana i waho o te kōti, i 'riri ia ki te putanga.' Kāore a Mr McDougall i whakahē i ngā meka i whakaaturia e te pirihimana, ā, i kī ko rātou te hua o ngā kōwhiringa hē a tōna kiritaki. 'Ka utua e ia aua kōwhiringa mō te toenga o tōna oranga,' i kī a Mr McDougall. 'Kua nui tana mamae...
Kua whakaae te kaitākaro o Queensland Reds ki ngā whakapae e whā mō te pupuri i te tarukino. Ka whiua a Hunt ki te $2500 tāra, engari kāore e whakahaeretia te whiu. I whakatārewatia a Hunt mō te ono wiki e te Rōpū Rākihi o Ahitereiria, ā, i whiua ia ki te $30,000. E ai ki ngā pūrongo, i hokona e Code-crosser kia 12.5 karamu o te tarukino ārai mate. E mea ana te roia he'whakanui i te marama-roa i pohehe' e pouri ana a Hunt. I rongo te Kooti i te hoko a Hunt i ngā kaitākaro o mua a John Touma rāua ko Matt Seers. Ka whakarere a Hunt i te tūranga o te kaihautū tuarua o te Reds.