Karmichael Hunt

Karmichael Hunt

Personal information
Full name	Karmichael Neil Matthew Hunt
Born	(1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 37) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	92 kg (14 st 7 lb)[1]
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2004–09 Brisbane Broncos 126 53 0 1 213 2021 Brisbane Broncos 2 0 0 0 0 Total 128 53 0 1 213 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006–09 Queensland 10 0 0 0 0 2006–08 Australia 11 4 0 0 16
Rugby union
Position	Fullback / Centre / Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–10 Biarritz Olympique 15 3 0 0 15 2015–18 Queensland Reds 32 4 0 1 23 2015 Brisbane City 18 5 0 0 25 2019–20 NSW Waratahs 24 0 0 0 0 Total 89 12 0 1 63 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2017 Australia 6 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2023– Cook Islands 4 0 0 4 0
Source: [2][3] As of 22 October 2023

Karmichael Neil Matthew Hunt (born 17 November 1986) is an Australian professional rugby league coach and former player who is the current head coach of the Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup, as well as the Cook Islands national rugby league team.

Having played professional rugby league, rugby union and Australian rules football, Hunt was the second person (after Ray Millington) in Australia to reach an elite professional level in three different football codes. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but has represented Australia in both rugby codes after his family emigrated there when he was aged 11.

Hunt made his debut for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League in 2004 and won the Dally M Rookie of the Year award. Primarily a fullback, he played for Brisbane until 2009 and was part of the Broncos team which won the Grand Final in 2006. In a controversial move, Hunt chose to play for Australia instead of his native New Zealand, citing a lifelong dream of playing for Queensland in the State of Origin series.^[4] Hunt's performance in the 2006 NRL season resulted in his selection for Queensland and Australia (the Kangaroos) in 2006.

In July 2009 he signed a three-year contract with Australian Football League expansion team, Gold Coast, whose inaugural season was in 2011. In 2010, while contracted to the Gold Coast, he played a season with Biarritz Olympique in the French Top 14 rugby union competition. After beginning his AFL career, Hunt was named in the Courier Mail 2011 Queensland Australian rules football Team of the Year. Overall, however, his 4-year stint in the AFL received mixed reviews, though one highlight was when he kicked the match-winning goal against Richmond which broke the club's twelve-month winning drought.^[5]

In 2015, he returned to rugby union, playing for the Queensland Reds and New South Wales Waratahs. He made his international debut for Australia (the Wallabies) in 2017 and has won six caps.

In February 2015, Hunt was arrested and charged with four counts for the supply of cocaine for personal use or to on-supply cocaine to friends and colleagues between June and December 2014.^[6]