Simon Hunt (rugby union)
| Full name | Simon Hunt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 July 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Clapham, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 13 lb (209 lb; 95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | The John Fisher School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing | ||
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| Current team | Old Bristolians | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1999-00 2000-02 2002-03 2003 2004 2004-05 2004 2005-08 2006 2008-12 2012-14 2014-15 |
Rosslyn Park London Irish Narbonne Perpignan Ebbw Vale Bristol Shoguns Pertemps Bees Ebbw Vale Newport Gwent Dragons Birmingham & Solihull Moseley Dings Crusaders |
(?) 6 (?) 7 (?) 3 3 (?) 1 85 44 26 |
(?) (5) (?) (46) (?) (15) (5) (?) (0) (494) (56) (70) |
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Correct as of 20 December 2015
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1999-01 2001 2001 2001 2006-08 2009 2011-12 |
England Students England U21 England Sevens Great Britain Sevens England Sevens Barbarians England Sevens |
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Simon Hunt (born 22 July 1981) is an English rugby union footballer and Director of Rugby for Old Bristolians having most recently played for Dings Crusaders. Simon has played club rugby in England, France and Wales and is known as a prolific try scorer who can also point kick. He also has international pedigree, having played at youth level for England as well as being centrally contracted to the England Sevens squad for the 2011-2012 IRB Sevens World Series. He is now working as a PE teacher at Sky College in Taunton, Somerset which is an EBD school (Emotional Behavioral Difficulties).
Simon attended The John Fisher School in Purley, London, which had a very successful rugby union program. From school he played for Rosslyn Park where his father Mick Hunt had involvement in the youth program, combining rugby with his studies and he also represented both London and South of England at U21 level, as well as England Students. His potential was recognized by Premiership side London Irish and he was picked up by the club for the 2000-01 season. As a young up-and-coming player his playing time was limited at Irish where there was a lot of competition for places and he only played 6 games (most of those in the European Challenge Cup), scoring 1 try, in his two seasons at the club.
In the summer of 2002, Simon left London Irish and moved to France where he signed for Top 16 club, Narbonne, for the 2002-03 season. Towards the end of the season he was on the move again, signing for another French club, the high flying Perpignan. His club reached the final of the Heineken Cup that year, losing to Toulouse at Lansdowne Road (a match Simon was not personally involved in). The following season Hunt suffered a serious multi-ligament injury to his left leg.
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