Hymel Hunt


Hymel Hunt is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.
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.

Playing career

Early career

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

2013

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

2014

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

2015

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

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.

2017

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

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

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.