Shaun Lunt
Shaun Lunt is a retired English professional rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker for the Batley Bulldogs in the Betfred Championship, and has played for England and the England Knights at international level.
Lunt played for the Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 835) 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. Lunt played for Hull Kingston Rovers, and on loan from Hull KR at the Leeds Rhinos in the Betfred Super League.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 Career
- 2.1 Castleford Tigers
- 2.2 Workington Town
- 2.3 Huddersfield Giants
- 2.4 Leeds Rhinos
- 2.5 Huddersfield Giants
- 2.6 Hull Kingston Rovers
- 2.7 Batley Bulldogs
- 2.8 Barrow Raiders
- 3 International career
- 4 Style of play
- 5 Honours
- 5.1 Club
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Background
Lunt was born in *ermouth, *bria, England.
Career
Castleford Tigers
Lunt started his professional career at Castleford Tigers
Workington Town
He then moved on to play for Workington Town.
Lunt playing for Huddersfield in 2009Huddersfield 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 Hornets 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.
He played in the 2012 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.
He played in the 2012 Super League Grand Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford.
Huddersfield Giants
He returned from his loan spell with the Leeds Rhinos, and once again played for the Giants
Lunt playing for Hull KRHull Kingston Rovers
He 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 Rhinos on a deal until the end of the season, swapping with Matt Parcell who joined Hull Kingston Rovers
Batley Bulldogs
On 21 Nov 2019 it was announced that Shaun would join Batley for the 2020 season
Barrow Raiders
It was announced on 12 Aug 2020 that Shaun would leave Batley to join Barrow for the 2021 season
Without playing a game for new club Barrow, Shaun announced his retirement from rugby league on 27 Feb 2021
International career
Lunt represented England in 2010, and he played for the England Knights in 2012.
Style of play
Lunt is known for his great speed out of dummy half and accurate distribution, along with his sharp eye for the try-line, which has 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
References
External links
- Leeds Rhinos profile
- Hull KR profile
- Huddersfield Giants profile
- SL profile
- Leeds 34-18 Catalan (sic) Dragons