Royce Hunt

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Royce Hunt
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Personal information
Born (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 (age 28)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Canberra Raiders 1 0 0 0 0
2020– Cronulla Sharks 35 4 0 0 16
Total 36 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2022 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
2022– Samoa 5 1 0 0 4
As of 7 November 2022
Source: [1]

Royce Hunt (born 13 August 1995) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL.

Hunt previously played for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League.

Early life

Hunt was born in Liverpool, Sydney NSW and is of Samoan, Hawaiian and Maori descent. He was educated at Kalgoorlie State High School.

Hunt played his junior rugby league for the Willagee Bears and Goldfields Titans in the Western Australia Rugby League, before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Arriving at Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Hunt attended Bass High School and represented the 2013 Australian Schoolboys.[2]

Playing career

Early career

In 2014 and 2015, Hunt played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' NYC team.[3] In 2016, he joined the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW.[4] After impressing for the Mounties, he gained a contract with the Canberra Raiders for 2017.[5]

2017

In round 14 of the 2017 NRL season, Hunt made his NRL debut for Canberra against the Penrith Panthers.[6][7]

2018

Hunt made no first grade appearances for Canberra in the 2018 NRL season instead playing for Mounties in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition.[8]

2019

Hunt made no appearances for Canberra in the 2019 NRL season. Hunt instead played against for Mounties in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition as they qualified for the finals finishing in 6th place. Hunt played in Mounties elimination final loss against Newtown at Campbelltown Stadium.[9][10]

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Hunt playing for the Newtown Jets in 2022

On 13 October, it was announced that Hunt had been released by Canberra.[11]

2020

In early 2020, Hunt signed a contract to join Cronulla-Sutherland for the 2020 NRL season.[12]

In round 8 of the 2020 NRL season, Hunt scored his first try for Cronulla-Sutherland and his first in the top grade as Cronulla defeated the Gold Coast 40-10 at Cbus Super Stadium.[13]

In round 19 against the Sydney Roosters, Hunt was taken from the field during the second half of the game with a leg injury. It was later revealed Hunt had dislocated his right kneecap.[14]

2021

Hunt played only two games for Cronulla in the 2021 NRL season which saw the club narrowly miss the finals by finishing 9th on the table.[15]

2022

Hunt played a total of 19 games for Cronulla in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished second on the table. Hunt played in Cronulla's qualifying final loss to North Queensland but did not feature in Cronulla's elimination semi-final loss to South Sydney.[16]

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Hunt on international duty with Samoa in 2022

In October Hunt was named in the Samoa squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[17] Hunt played for Samoa in their 2021 Rugby League World Cup final loss to Australia.[18]

Statistics

NRL

Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2022 season[1]
Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts
2017 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 1 0 0 — 0 0
2020 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 14 1 0 — 0 4
2021 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 2 0 0 — 0 0
2022 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 19 3 0 — 0 12
Career totals 36 4 0 — 0 16

All Star

Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts
2022 Ireland colours.svg Māori All Stars 1 0 0 — 0 0
Career totals 1 0 0 — 0 0

International

Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts
2022 Canterbury colours.svg Samoa 1 1 0 — 0 4
Career totals 1 1 0 — 0 4

References

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  17. ↑ Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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