In the NRL on the other hand, you can get on the grog and get fat "because the physical demands are a lot lighter".
Karmichael certainly speaks the truth here. Look for yourself at the condition of NRL players. Fat bastards galore plodding around. Who ate all the pies... you fat bastards lolKarmichael Hunt reveals key difference between AFL and NRL cultures
This story was published: 1 day ago September 02, 2014 4:46PM
CODE hopper Karmichael Hunt has provided a fascinating insight into what he could get away with off the field as an NRL player but couldn’t in the AFL.
The three-sport star is now headed to Super Rugby’s Queensland Reds after four years in the AFL with the Gold Coast Suns.
But his journey started in rugby league, with the Brisbane Broncos, where he says drinking was a bigger part of the culture than in the AFL.
“The demands of AFL footy mean you need to be in peak condition,” Hunt told Triple M’s Grill Team in Brisbane.
“For most of the year you need to be able to knock out 12km or 13km on the weekend.
“In terms of the culture of going out and enjoying yourself after every game, that does not happen whereas in rugby league, because the physical demands are a lot lighter compared to AFL, you could find boys out enjoying themselves.
“I certainly did when I was younger because I knew that the next week it would not affect me.”
Hunt said the biggest issue he had in adapting from rugby league to AFL was the extra running.
At the Broncos, he weighed in at roughly 93kg. Hunt reached as much as 100kg as rugby player in France in 2009-10, while that weight dropped down to 87kg as an AFL player.
“It wasn’t that I couldn’t play the game,” Hunt said.
“Other than the running capacity and the ability to cover the ground like the boys obviously do so well in the AFL, I could play.”
The 27-year-old added that he was happy to be going back to a code, in rugby union, that better suited his physical make-up.
“I’m looking forward to the future. My body shape, genetics and all that will probably agree with me that I’m going back to a game that will better suit me.”
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