Best and worst code-hoppers

A rare triple code-hopper, Folau played 91 NRL games for Melbourne and Brisbane and 13 AFL games for the GWS Giants before turning his hand to rugby union, where he has played 28 games with the Waratahs and 25 Tests for Australia.

Burgess played 183 first grade rugby league games for the Bradford Bulls and South Sydney Rabbitohs before signing with Bath in English rugby union.

A contract dispute led to St George Ilawarra legend Mark Gasnier defecting to French rugby in 2008 where he played 52 games for Stade Francais. He then returned to his beloved Dragons in 2011 and played 174 total first grade games, as well as 12 State of Origins and 15 Tests.

Hayne shocked the rugby league world in 2014 when he announced his decision to quit NRL for a shot at the NFL. He has played 176 first grade games for Parramatta, 20 Origins and 12 Tests. His success in American Football is yet unknown.

Following in the footsteps of Folau, Hunt played 125 NRL games for the Broncos, 44 AFL games for Gold Coast Suns and has now joined the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby.

The NBA's best-ever player once tried his hand at professional baseball. He signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox organisation, but was never successful, returning to basketball with the Washington Wizards after a Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Bulls.

Mundine played 244 first grade games with the Dragons and Broncos, as well as four Origin matches for NSW before turning to professional boxing, where he has a career record of 46-6.

Rogers played 45 Tests for the Wallabies in between two NRL stints with the Sharks andd Titans, racking up 200 first grade games.

Sailor also went from league to union and back to league again. He played 222 NRL games with the Broncos and Dragons, 17 Origins with Queensland and 21 Tests for Australia to go along with 37 Tests for the Wallabies.

SBW is currently in his second stint of rugby union after 118 NRL games with the Bulldogs and Roosters and 12 Tests for New Zealand. He has represented seven different rugby union clubs in NZ and Japan and notched 21 Tests for the All Blacks.

One of the first-ever code-hoppers, Thorn played 200 first grade games for Brisbane, 14 Origins for Queensland and eight Tests for Australia before defecting to union, where he played 60 Tests for the All Blacks.

Tuqiri has played 167 NRL games for three different clubs, six Origins for Queensland and nine Tests for the Kangaroos. In between all that he played 107 games of top-flight rugby and 67 Tests for the Wallabies.