If Boyd is the soul of the club, we deserve to be the where we are on the table. I don't mean to beat up on the kid but I'd seriously take any other 7 in the comp over Boyd. I think that we did Sexton a real injustice last year in respect to developing him, but I have no doubt that he's been told to explore options. Hunt fits what we need way more than Foran ever did. If the question is whether we lose Boyd/Sexton and Foran to get Hunt for two years, I'd jump at it. Irrespective of age he is still playing Origin and is relatively injury free.
We need experience in the halves. AJ, Kini/Campbell and Verills are locked into one of those positions and we have inexperienced outside backs/backrowers who can't pick up the slack in experience. There is nobody else out there on offer who can play 7 as well as Hunt. I think that it is a no-brainer if we can pull it off.