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Full name | Shaun James Lunt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cockermouth, England |
15 April 1987 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 13 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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As of 10 May 2014
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Shaun Lunt is an English professional rugby league footballer for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Kingstone Press Championship.
Lunt started his professional career at Castleford
He then moved on to play for Workington Town.
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 debut, 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.
In 2012 he joined Leeds on a one-year loan and won the 2012 Super League Grand Final.
He returned from his loan spell with the Leeds Rhinos and once again played for the Giants
He went on loan to Hull Kingston Rovers in 2015 and signed for them in 2016.
On the 6th January 2017, it was revealed that Lunt would be captain of Hull KR for the 2017 season.
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.