Royce Hunt

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

Royce Hunt
Personal information
Born (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Canberra Raiders 1 0 0 0 0
2020– Cronulla Sharks 20 1 0 0 4
Total 21 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2022 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 28 April 2022
Source: [1]

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 decent. 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]

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]

References
  1. "Royce Hunt - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 13 August 1995. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. "Australians Win Second Test - Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League - FOX SPORTS PULSE". foxsportspulse.com. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. "H". Nyc Database. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. NRL Digital Media. "NSW Cup Team List: Mounties v Wyong". Raiders. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. Rugby League (6 June 2017). "Raiders prop Shannon Boyd ruled out, but Dave Taylor recalled to NRL squad". Canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. "Updated team lists: Panthers v Raiders". NRL.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  7. NRL Digital Media. "NRL Late Mail: Raiders v Panthers". Raiders. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  8. "Bulldogs Overcome Slow Start to Defeat Mounties". NSWRL.
  9. "Finals week 1". NSWRL.
  10. "Royce on the hunt for second Canberra game". SMH.
  11. "Every club's squad, new deals and market moves for 2020 season". Fox Sports.
  12. "Cronulla v Canterbury 2020 trials". www.nrl.com.
  13. "Brisbane lose to warriors sharks panthers post wins". www.abc.net.au.
  14. "Sydney Roosters defeat Sharks ahead of NRL finals, Shaun Johnson suffers serious injury". www.abc.net.au.
  15. "Papenhuyzen back to best as Storm secure minor premiership". www.nrl.com.
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