Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna says he would not stop Karmichael Hunt from returning to rugby league if he wanted to. Source: Getty Images
SUNS coach Guy McKenna has revealed he wouldn't block Karmichael Hunt from returning to rugby league if he ever lost interest in AFL.
McKenna, who masterminded Hunt's shock defection from the Brisbane Broncos, conceded he would be disappointed, but would not hold anything against the former Origin star if he had a change of heart.
Hunt has publicly declared his intention to remain in the AFL.
"I would try talk him out of it, but why talk him out of it if that was the case and his heart wasn't in it?," McKenna said.
"Once you've made your mind up its hard to turn them around, but I don't think that is going to happen (with Hunt), that's for sure."
McKenna said Folau's decision to leave AFL demonstrated just how monumental Hunt's rise was.
"K represented Australia (in rugby league) and won titles at the Broncos," McKenna said.
"He was elite at that sport and he came back to be the 700th player in the AFL and has had to work his way through.
"I know we finished 17th last season, but he was in our best midfield most of the year and it's a great testament to his drive and coachability."
McKenna said it was often under estimated how difficult it was to change codes.
"At times I think we do take it a bit for granted what they have to go through," he said.
"You look at K and (Sydney's) Mike Pyke is the same.
"We shouldn't see this lightly and it's massive for these blokes who haven't grown up in the sport."
Hunt has been one of the Suns' strongest performers during a pre-season altitude camp in Arizona.
McKenna praised Folau's decision.
"Only speaking from afar, I take my hat off to him to realise that he has had a go at it and he is more the man to make that courageous decision," he said.
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