Justin Hunt

Justin Hunt is a retired player most recently playing for Wests Tigers.

Justin Hunt (born 20 September 1988) is an Australian professional rugby league player who plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. The son of former Parramatta Eels premiership winger Neil Hunt and grandson of former South Sydney player Jim Hunt, his first grade appearances have been on the wing.

Born in Tweed Heads, Hunt grew up across the border on the Gold Coast, Queensland and played his first junior football for the Tugun Seahawks, where he represented the Queensland Country side. Hunt then moved to Sydney in 2008 to play in the inaugural season of the National Youth Competition with the Parramatta Eels. He played 3 games for the club before transferring mid season to the Wests Tigers, playing 4 games for them. From there, Hunt left the Tigers and played for a number of clubs in the following years.

In 2009, he spent the season with the North Sydney Bears in the NSW Cup before moving back to Queensland in 2010, to play for the North Queensland Cowboys feeder club, the Mackay Cutters in the Queensland Cup. He trained in the off-season with the Cowboys but was unable to get a start in the first grade side. In 2011, he signed for the Brisbane Broncos feeder side the Redcliffe Dolphins. Once again he trained with the first grade side but was unable to make his NRL debut. After a great season for the Dolphins, he and team mate Ryan Carr, signed one year contracts with the South Sydney Rabbitohs for the 2012 season.

Hunt started the 2012 season playing for the Rabbitoh's feeder team, the North Sydney Bears. After 2 months of great form with the Bears, Hunt made his first grade debut for the Rabbitohs on the wing, in their round 11 victory against the St. George Illawarra Dragons. He scored his first try a week later against the Canberra Raiders.

In June 2012, he extended his contract at South Sydney for a further two seasons. He played in 10 games in 2012, scoring 5 tries.