Palm Beach Currumbin QAFL recruit and two-time AFL premiership player Josh Hunt might not take to the field at all this season

Palm Beach Currumbin may have lost star signing and two-time AFL premiership winner Josh Hunt before he had even played a game.

PALM Beach Currumbin may have lost star signing and two-time AFL premiership winner Josh Hunt before he had even played a game.

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The Lions wasted no time during the QAFL season shutdown, signing Hunt and Sunshine Kangaroos player Ben McInneny to an already stacked list.

Hunt, 38, last played on the Gold Coast in 2015 when he won the Southport NEAFL team’s best and fairest award and was an assistant to Sharks coach Nathan Bock.

2011 Grand Final. Geelong v Collingwood. MCG. Josh Hunt goes bang.

He became Brisbane Lions academy coach in 2016 and was set to ply his trade in the QAFL this year before he was reinstated by the club in an AFL game-day role.

Hunt, who won AFL premierships with Geelong in 2007 and 2011, trained with Palm Beach Currumbin earlier this month.

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The defender had signed on to play and potentially take up a role as an assistant coach but now might not take to the field at all.

The AFL’s strict COVID-19 protocol means players and coaches will be made to limit their contact with the general public to avoid any outbreaks and further disruptions to the season.

“On one hand, we signed him and were really excited to have him but then on the other, we very quickly lost him because he had to take on a role with the (Brisbane) Lions,” PBC coach Jess Sinclair said.

“He trained with us for about a week but for obvious reasons could no longer commit.

“He could still be a chance to play for us if restrictions ease but it’s a wait and see.”