Shaun Lunt is an English former professional

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footballer who last played as a for the

Batley Bulldogs The Batley Bulldogs are an English professional rugby league club in Batley, West Yorkshire, who play in the Championship. Batley were one of the original twenty-two rugby football clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. ...

in the

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, and has played for

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and the

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at international level. Lunt played for the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. They play their home games at Wheldon Road (currently known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship reasons) and compete in the Super League, t ...

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Workington Town Workington Town is a semi-professional rugby league club based in Workington, West Cumbria, England. The club plays home games at Derwent Park and competes in the RFL League One, League One, the third tier of British rugby league system, Briti ...

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and the

Huddersfield Giants The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Huddersfield play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league sy ...

in the

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. He played on loan from

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at the

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home games at Headingley Rugby Stadium, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby lea ...

in the Super League. Lunt played for

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of B ...

, and on loan from

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at the

in the

Background

Lunt was born in

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Career

Castleford Tigers

Lunt started his professional career at

Workington Town

Lunt then moved on to play for

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

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fourth round against

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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

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on a one-year loan. Lunt played in the 2012 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the

Warrington Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...

side at

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. Lunt played in the

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victory over

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Huddersfield Giants

Lunt returned from his loan spell with the

club, and once again played for the

side.

Hull Kingston Rovers

Lunt went on loan to

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

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who joined

Batley Bulldogs

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

Barrow Raiders

It was announced on 12 August 2020 that Lunt would leave Batley to join Barrow for the 2021 season. Without playing a game for new club Barrow, Lunt 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 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

(1): 2009 Runner Up *

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(1):

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(1): 2012 Runner Up

(1): 2015 Runner Up

References

External links

Leeds Rhinos profileHull KR profileHuddersfield Giants profileSL profileLeeds 34-18 Catalan (sic) Dragons
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lunt, Shaun 1987 births Living people Batley Bulldogs players Barrow Raiders players Castleford Tigers players England Knights national rugby league team players England national rugby league team players English rugby league players Huddersfield Giants players Hull Kingston Rovers players Leeds Rhinos players Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Cockermouth Workington Town players