Hunt return blocked

KARMICHAEL Hunt’s lawyers have brokered the first steps out of his tortured rugby limbo but his Brisbane club has rejected him because of his drug-tainted reputation.

Legal letters sent to the Queensland Rugby Union have forced a situation where he is now undergoing reconditioning training away from the Queensland Reds squad.

Norths have shut the door on a club return at Courtney Field. “Karmichael made an inquiry about playing, it did go to the committee and we suggested we weren’t the place for him,” Norths president Kieran Prideaux said.

“We are a community club with players from Under-6s to Golden Oldies and it was not considered a good fit.”

It is now more than four months since Hunt had cocaine possession charges dropped due to lack of evidence.

Hunt’s salary of around $10,000 a week has been paid all that time while he has not played or trained with the Reds.