Code switch rocks league to foundations

NRL superstar Karmichael Hunt's decision to jettison the Broncos and enter the uncharted waters of AFL has rocked the league to its very core. The process started with the outermost layer, a mixture of several coats of paint, body hair, some epidermis, and a bunch of players. Great swathes of this layer were utterly obliterated. The next layer, a bit of flesh and gristle, some clubs and a chunk of concrete, was vaporised. After that layer, it was the NRL administrative apparatus, some sponsors, steel reinforcements and bones. This layer was violently annihilated by his shock code switch. Finally, the very innermost kernel of the league - Joey Johns, four print journalists, some blueprints, one heart and one brain - was very much rocked. It remains intact, but is so shaken up it could be weeks if not days before it returns to a state of normal functioning.

The soul of league - League Blog and the fans - is amused but unmoved by the switch, much as a great lake dissipates across its surface the ripples caused by a large incoming skimstone.