Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kaitakaro Queensland Reds a Karmichael Hunt i whakamutua mo nga wiki e ono e te Australian Rugby Union, i whakahaua kia uru ki tetahi kaupapa whakaora tarukino me te whiu i te A $ 30,000 (£ 15,200) i muri i tana whakaaetanga ki te pupuri i te tarukino i te Taite. I whakaae a Hunt 28-tau-tau i te kooti Gold Coast ki nga whakapae e wha mo te pupuri i te tarukino i muri i te hoko i te 12.5 karamu (0.4 inihi) o te tarukino mai i te Mahuru 1 ki te Oketopa 3 i a ia e purei ana mo te Gold Coast Suns o te Australian Football League, he kapa whutupaoro ture o Ahitereiria. I te kooti, i utua ia ki te $1,950 (£1,500) engari kaore i tuhia he whiu. Ko Hunt, kua takaro hoki ia i te National Rugby League, i hokona e ia nga raau taero mai i tetahi kaitakaro rugby ngaio o mua. I whakaae a Karmichael Hunt i te marae o Gold Coast mo nga whakapae e wha mo te pupuri i te tarukino. Ko te Reds, nana nei i haina a Hunt ki te kirimana Super Rugby e toru tau i te mutunga o te tau kua hipa, i whakamutua te whutupaoro i te Hui-tanguru 20 i te wa i panuitia ai te rangahau tarukino. I kii te ARU me te Queensland Rugby Union na te mea kua ngaro a Hunt i nga wiki e rua o te takaro i a ia e tatari ana ki tana keehi a te kooti, ka hoki mai ia i te rauna tuawaru o Super Rugby. Ka whakaaetia ia ki te whakangungu i te whare whakangungu o Reds i Ballymore i nga wa kaore te toenga o te roopu i reira. 'Kei te tino pouri matou ki nga mahi a Karmichael na te mea kaore he waahi o nga raau taero i roto i te whutupaoro,' i kii te Tumuaki o te ARU a Bill Pulver. Heoi anō, e mōhio ana mātou kei te tino pouri ia, ā, kua mahi tahi ia ki te rangahau me ā mātou uiui tika i roto i tēnei tukanga. Kua whakaae hoki a Karmichael ki te whiu me ngā hua o ana mahi, ā, e mōhio ana ki ngā whakaritenga o te kaitākaro ngaio me ngā tūmanako o tā mātou ture.' I kii ano nga Reds kaore a Hunt e noho hei kaitiaki tuarua mo te tiima. 'E hiahia ana ahau ki te mahi i roto i te hōtaka mātauranga me te whakaora, me te hoki ki te kēmu i roto i te ara e tuku ana i te karere mārama ki ngā kaiwhaiwhai hākinakina o nga tau katoa e kore te whakamahi o ngā matū ture he wahi i roto i te hākinakina,' ka mea a Hunt i roto i te tauākī whakaratohia e te Reds. Ko Hunt...
Kua whakaae te kaitākaro o Queensland Reds ki ngā whakapae e whā mō te pupuri i te tarukino. Ka whakamutua a Hunt mō te ono wiki e te Rōpū Rakabi o Ahitereiria, ā, ka whiua ia ki te £ 15,200. 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.