Hymel Hunt

Hymel Hunt (born 14 November 1993) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.

Hymel Hunt
Personal information
Born (1993-11-14) 14 November 1993
Auckland, New Zealand
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Gold Coast Titans 1 0 0 0 0
2015 Melbourne Storm 3 1 0 0 4
2016–18 South Sydney 43 11 0 0 44
2019– Newcastle Knights 44 17 0 0 68
Total 91 29 0 0 116
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Samoa 1 0 0 0 0
As of 18 November 2020
Source: [1]

He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans, Melbourne Storm and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League.

Background

Hunt was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is of Samoan descent. He moved to Queensland, Australia at a young age.

He played his junior rugby league for the Redcliffe Dolphins, before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans.

Hunt is the cousin of Queensland Reds player and former Brisbane Broncos player Karmichael Hunt, and former South Sydney Rabbitohs teammate Kirisome Auva'a.[2][3]

Playing career
Hunt playing for the Queensland under-20s team in 2012

Early career

From 2011 to 2013,Hunt played for the Gold Coast Titans' NYC team.[4] On 21 April 2012, he played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team.[5]

2013

In Round 17 of the 2013 NRL season, Hunt made his NRL debut for the Titans against the Penrith Panthers.[6] In April 2013, he again played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team.[7] On 27 August 2013, he was named at centre in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year.[8] On 21 August 2013, he signed a 1-year contract with the Melbourne Storm starting in 2014.[9] On 13 October 2013, Hunt played for the Junior Kangaroos.[10]

2014

In 2014, Hunt received a two-match suspension from the NRL after being found to have placed a bet on NRL matches.[11] He re-signed with the Storm for 2015.[12]

2015

Hunt made his Storm debut in Round 14 of the 2015 NRL season against the Parramatta Eels,[13] scoring a try on debut.[14] After the 2015 season, he was released by the Storm.[15] On 20 December, he signed a 1-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2016.[16][17]

2016

In round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Hunt made his club debut for the South Sydney club against the Sydney Roosters, playing at centre and scoring a try in South Sydney's 42–10 win at the Sydney Football Stadium.[18]

2017

Hunt had a season plagued by injury in 2017 limiting him to only 12 appearances for the year.[19][20]

2018

Hunt made 21 appearances for Souths and scored 7 tries as the club finished 3rd on the table at the end of the regular season and made it all the way to the preliminary final before being defeated by Easts 12–4.[21]

On 12 November, Hunt signed a one-year contract with the Newcastle Knights starting in 2019.[22]

2019

Hunt made 24 appearances for Newcastle and scored 9 tries in the 2019 NRL season as the club missed out on the finals finishing a disappointing 11th place.[23]

References
  1. "Hymel Hunt - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. "Storm close in on Karmichael Hunt's cousin". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. "Family a central issue for Hunt". NRL.com. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20130920232843/http://rleague.com/players/Hymel-Hunt_3208/Matches/. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "U20's State of Origin". M.nrl.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014708/http://www.titans.com.au/news-display/The-Late-Mail-Titans-vs-Panthers/78861. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Under 20's Origin squads named". NRL.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  8. "2013 Holden Cup Team of the Year". NRL.com. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20131231061526/http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news-display/Storm-hunts-down-more-young-guns/82450. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "Junior Kangaroos team named". NRL.com. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  11. NRL to look at injury disclosure after gambling suspensions Theage.com.au, 10 July 2014
  12. "Storm wishes Easts good luck - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  13. "Late mail: Round 14 - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  14. "Storm fall agonisingly short - Storm". Melbournestorm.com.au. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  15. "Wayne Bennett Signs Dragons Backrower; Bulldogs Outside Back Re-Signs". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  16. "Burgess officially cleared for Rabbitohs return | NRL". Zero Tackle. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  17. "The 12 Players in NRL Limbo Just Three Months Out From 2016 Season". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  18. "Reynolds, Sutton injured as Bunnies smash Roosters". NRL.com. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  19. http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/team/profiles/hymel_hunt.html
  20. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  21. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  22. "Team comes first for benched Rabbitohs duo". 14 September 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  23. "Newcastle Knights begin new era as mass exodus hits club after disappointing 2019". wwos.nine.com.au.
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