The East Wagga-Kooringal ruckman was a runaway winner of the Gerald Clear Medal on Monday night for the Farrer League’s best and fairest player.

The gentle giant revealed he almost pulled the pin on the Hawks’ 2016 campaign due to the temptation of a switch to rugby league.

It was only the Hawks’ six-point grand final loss to The Rock-Yerong Creek last year that drove him to play again.

“I thought I was going to hang up the boots last year,” Hull revealed.

“I was going to go play rugby league at the end of last year but I told a few people if we lost (the grand final) that I would go around again. Then we got rolled and everyone started getting into me, so I thought I’d come back.

“If we had of won I probably would have gone and played rugby league. We lost, I had to come back and win one and then see what happens from there.”

Hull said a Hawks victory in the Farrer League grand final on Saturday week could potentially be his last game.

“I’m not sure. I’ll have a chat to the club again but I’d like to go play a year of rugby league,” he said.

“But we’ll see what happens.”

Hull does not watch much AFL. He has never played a game of rugby league but is a big NRL fan.

“I’ve never played a game before,” he said.

“It’s just another challenge, sort of thing. Even with AFL, I set myself little challenges along the way, taking steps forward.

“I just see it as a bit of a new challenge.”

Hull’s Gerald Clear Medal win completed a remarkable transformation for the 23-year-old.

“It feels pretty good. I think I spoke earlier in the week that sometimes individual rewards mean a lot and meant a little bit to me to get reward individually for a fair bit of hard work that I’ve put in over the last couple of years.,” he said.

Hull explained that he was never a talented junior and had to work extremely hard to be where he is today.

“We had 17 players and 16 on the field and I used to be the kid sitting on the bench for three quarters,” Hull said.

“To put in a bit of hard work paid off in the end.”

Hull doubled his nearest rival, winning by 16 votes to The Rock-Yerong Creek pair David Pieper and Tom Yates.

Hull confirmed the Clear Medal is the highlight of his football career, but hopes it can be replaced by another medal on Saturday week.

“It is, so far, until hopefully two weeks time,” he said.

"If I could trade this for one of those, I’d do it, at the moment. But personally, this is my biggest football achievement.”