I was watching the two Sydney afl sides last week and a thought struck me as Isreal Falou amateurishly crashed a pack for no useful result. I had thought recruiting Carmichael Hunt and falou  was for marketing. Then this more evil thought occured- given how useless they are, could it be n AFL plot to show them up and therefore the other code?

Smoke and mirrors from the war chest.
It's all show and go with hunt and izzy for the afl powerbrokers, they( afl bosses) couldn't give a toss too much how well they play, they have served thier purpose already and both those guys have already been replaced and forgotten in the NRL very quickly.