Shaun Lunt

Shaun Lunt is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker for the Batley Bulldogs in the Championship, and has played for England and the England Knights at international level.

Shaun Lunt

Personal information
Full name	Shaun James Lunt
Born	(1987-04-15) 15 April 1987 (age 38)[citation needed] Cockermouth, Cumbria, England
Playing information
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[1]
Weight	14 st 13 lb (95 kg)[1]
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2005 Castleford Tigers 4 0 0 0 0 2006–08 Workington Town 74 57 26 1 281 2009–15 Huddersfield Giants 123 71 0 0 284 2012(loan) → Leeds Rhinos 24 8 0 0 32 2015(loan) → Hull Kingston Rovers 19 7 0 0 28 2016–19 Hull Kingston Rovers 73 28 0 0 112 2019(loan) → Leeds Rhinos 6 0 0 0 0 2020 Batley Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 2021 Barrow Raiders 0 0 0 0 0 Total 323 171 26 1 737 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2010 England 1 0 0 0 0 2012 England Knights 2 1 0 0 4
Source: [2][3][4][5]

Lunt played for the Castleford Tigers in National League One, Workington Town in National League Two and the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He played on loan from Huddersfield at the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.^[3][4] Lunt played for Hull Kingston Rovers, and on loan from Hull KR at the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.

Background

Lunt was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England.

Career

Castleford Tigers

Lunt started his professional career at Castleford Tigers

Workington Town

Lunt then moved on to play for Workington Town.

Lunt playing for Huddersfield in 2009

Huddersfield Giants

Lunt joined Huddersfield in time for the 2009 Super League season. Lunt has made a promising start to life in Super League, scoring a try on his début, and adding four more in the first half of the season. On 10 May 2009, Lunt scored his first career hat-trick for Huddersfield in the Challenge Cup fourth round against Rochdale in a 38-12 victory. He played in Huddersfield's 2009 Challenge Cup Final loss, scoring a try and having one disallowed in the process.

Leeds Rhinos

In 2012 he joined Leeds on a one-year loan. Lunt played in the 2012 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Warrington side at Wembley Stadium.^[6][7][8][9] Lunt played in the 2012 Super League Grand Final victory over Warrington at Old Trafford.^[10][7]

Huddersfield Giants

Lunt returned from his loan spell with the Leeds club, and once again played for the Huddersfield side.

Lunt playing for Hull KR

Hull Kingston Rovers

Lunt went on loan to Hull Kingston Rovers in 2015 and signed for them in 2016. On 6 January 2017, it was revealed that Lunt would be captain of Hull Kingston Rovers for the 2017 season. On 26 June 2019, Lunt re-joined the Leeds club on a deal until the end of the season, swapping with Matt Parcell who joined Hull Kingston Rovers

Batley Bulldogs

On 21 November 2019 it was announced that Lunt would join Batley for the 2020 season.^[11]

Barrow Raiders

It was announced on 12 August 2020 that Lunt would leave Batley to join Barrow for the 2021 season.^[12]

Without playing a game for new club Barrow, Lunt announced his retirement from rugby league on 27 Feb 2021^[13]

International career

Lunt represented England in 2010,^[5] and he played for the England Knights in 2012.

Style of play

Lunt was known for his great speed out of dummy half and accurate distribution, along with his sharp eye for the try-line, which led to many tries from dummy half in his career.

Honours

Club

Huddersfield

• Challenge Cup (1): 2009 Runner Up
• League Leaders' Shield (1): 2013

Leeds

• Super League (1): 2012
• Challenge Cup (1): 2012 Runner Up

Hull Kingston Rovers

• Challenge Cup (1): 2015 Runner Up