Code Breaker
NRL star Karlmichael Hunt (pictured right) with former AFL great Mal Michael.
So I arrived at uni to the news Brisbane Bronco Karmichael Hunt is switching codes from Rugby league to the AFL playing for the new Gold Coast team in 2011.
That got me thinking, sure theirs been Rugby players changing from League to Union or vice versa in the past, but their isn’t that much of a difference in terms of skill base between the two.
How about other sportsmen that have made a switch
Who has done it right … and who, well not so right.
Right;
Anthony Mundine: Rugby League to Boxing
In 2000 after playing 127 league games Mundine made the switch to boxing, in the foot steps of his father Tony he has since become a two time WBA Super Middleweight champion and an IBO Middleweight Champion.
Not so right;
Michael Jordan: Basketball to Baseball
In 1993 the then 3 time NBA champ, chased the dream of his late father and signed up with the Minor leagues for the Chicago White Sox, he was then sent to there affiliate team the Birmingham Barons. He never made the Major league and returned to the NBA in 1995 later winning a further 3 more championships.
Karmichael may look at it with a ‘why not?’ attitude. He’s still only 22 years old and If you’ve got the skill and talent then go for it. After all if things go pear shaped theirs no reason why he can’t go back to league.
One things for certain, the 2011 season is already shaping as a big one.
