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Ben Hunt

Benjamin Hunt (born 27 March 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, with whom he won the 2025 NRL Grand Final. He has also represented the Queensland Maroons at State of Origin level. He commenced his first-grade career as a halfback at the Brisbane Broncos in 2009, before moving to St. George Illawarra in 2018, and returning to the Broncos in 2025. Hunt played for Australia at international level as a hooker and bench utility from 2014 to 2023, winning the 2022 Rugby League World Cup Final, Hunt was also in Australia's title-winning inaugural 9's side in 2019. Hunt played for the Prime Ministers XIII on five occasions from 2014 to 2023.

Infobox

Full name
Benjamin Hunt
Born
(1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 35)Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Height
178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Position
Halfback, Hooker, Five-eighth
Club
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–17 Brisbane Broncos 187 45 25 0 230 2018–24 St. George Illawarra 147 39 5 1 167 2025– Brisbane Broncos 21 2 1 1 11 Total 355 86 31 2 408 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014–23 Australia 15 4 0 0 16 2017–24 Queensland 20 5 0 0 20 2014–23 Prime Minister's XIII 5 0 3 0 6 2019 Australia 9s 5 0 0 0 0

Tables

· Statistics and Honours
2009
2009
Season
2009
Team
Brisbane Broncos
Pld
2
T
-
G
-
FG
-
P
0
2010
2010
Season
2010
Team
20
Pld
2
T
-
G
-
FG
8
2011
2011
Season
2011
Team
19
Pld
1
T
-
G
-
FG
4
2012
2012
Season
2012
Team
25
Pld
1
T
-
G
-
FG
4
2013
2013
Season
2013
Team
23
Pld
2
T
-
G
-
FG
8
2014
2014
Season
2014
Team
25
Pld
14
T
21
G
-
FG
94
2015
2015
Season
2015
Team
26
Pld
12
T
4
G
-
FG
56
2016
2016
Season
2016
Team
26
Pld
7
T
-
G
-
FG
28
2017
2017
Season
2017
Team
21
Pld
7
T
-
G
-
FG
28
2018
2018
Season
2018
Team
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Pld
25
T
7
G
-
FG
-
P
28
2019
2019
Season
2019
Team
21
Pld
8
T
1
G
1
FG
33
2020
2020
Season
2020
Team
19
Pld
1
T
-
G
-
FG
4
2021
2021
Season
2021
Team
15
Pld
5
T
-
G
-
FG
20
2022
2022
Season
2022
Team
23
Pld
6
T
-
G
-
FG
24
2023
2023
Season
2023
Team
22
Pld
7
T
1
G
-
FG
30
2024
2024
Season
2024
Team
22
Pld
4
T
-
G
-
FG
16
2025
2025
Season
2025
Team
Brisbane Broncos
Pld
21
T
2
G
1
FG
1
P
11
2026
2026
Season
2026
Season
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
2009
Brisbane Broncos
2
-
-
-
0
2010
20
2
-
-
8
2011
19
1
-
-
4
2012
25
1
-
-
4
2013
23
2
-
-
8
2014
25
14
21
-
94
2015
26
12
4
-
56
2016
26
7
-
-
28
2017
21
7
-
-
28
2018
St. George Illawarra Dragons
25
7
-
-
28
2019
21
8
1
1
33
2020
19
1
-
-
4
2021
15
5
-
-
20
2022
23
6
-
-
24
2023
22
7
1
-
30
2024
22
4
-
-
16
2025
Brisbane Broncos
21
2
1
1
11
2026
Totals
355
86
28
2
408

References

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    http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/broncos-fans-fume-over-ben-hunt-dally-m-team-of-the-year-snubbing-as-dce-gets-halfback-gong/story-fniabm4i-1227074986688
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    http://www.nrl.com/holden-kangaroos-2014-four-nations-squad/tabid/10874/newsid/82512/default.aspx
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    http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/brisbane-broncos-resign-halfback-ben-hunt-20141001-10oi8f.html
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    http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-match-report/ben-hunt-scores-extratime-try-as-brisbane-broncos-edge-out-sydney-roosters-20150410-1miopw.html
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    http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-match-report/south-sydneys-4712-defeat-against-brisbane-broncos-compounded-by-injury-and-discipline-woes-20150827-gj9gw3.html
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    http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/2015-nrl-grand-final-ben-hunts-three-minutes-of-horror-20151004-gk14p2.html
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    http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-match-report/nrl-grand-final-2015-north-queensland-cowboys-outgun-brisbane-broncos-to-win-premiership-20151004-gk12is.html
  29. The Daily Telegraph
    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-grand-final-player-ratings-broncos-v-cowboys-who-starred-and-who-struggled/story-fni3fbgz-1227556818349?sv=d513a72ed0eabb4bbeaad8561926d617
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    http://www.nrl.com/maroons-name-emerging-origin-squad/tabid/10874/newsid/91313/default.aspx
  31. The Courier Mail
    http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/anthony-milford-ben-hunt-among-eight-players-set-for-state-of-origin-bans/news-story/614342b494e3dd7e22993f12c7769b0a
  32. The Courier-Mail
    http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/broncos/5-things-we-learned-from-the-broncos-306-win-over-manly/news-story/869e565bba423f38b83b75230881c1dc
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    https://www.zerotackle.com/ben-hunt-signs-dragons-25010/
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    http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/st-george-illawarra-offer-brisbane-halfback-ben-hunt-lengthy-multimillion-dollar-deal/news-story/e42c28b0def0e5c290a6d3029aa10967
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    http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/broncos/nrl-2017-ben-hunts-courageous-tackle-after-suffering-hamstring-injury/news-story/f3602aabbc5c8d71cbb007c6d6144e16
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    http://wwos.nine.com.au/2017/06/08/10/02/broncos-drop-ben-hunt-for-rabbitohs-clash
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    http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/broncos/brisbane-broncos-drop-outofform-ben-hunt-for-rabbitohs-clash/news-story/cd8589fd02ef9bd388ce8410afb788a7
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    https://wwos.nine.com.au/2017/07/13/08/38/state-of-origin-queensland-player-ratings-game-three-2017/14
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    http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/live-state-of-origin-iii-queensland-vs-nsw-at-suncorp-stadium/news-story/2af735144e966b5ecde461566661fc8b
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    http://www.nrl.com/kangaroos-world-cup-squad-announced/tabid/10874/newsid/112704/default.aspx
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    https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/broncos/ben-hunt-says-being-dropped-by-wayne-bennett-may-have-been-a-turning-point-in-his-career/news-story/85ea1803ebae5f05e0d93fc76c0bc1f0
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    http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/live-australia-vs-lebanon-rugby-league-world-cup/news-story/0adcf2481eae0ad6f2ecba8cd323f0c3
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    http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/kangaroos-stars-cameron-munster-and-ben-hunt-in-world-cup-punch-on/news-story/5d3b3dfb47441eb16330a17117d6b8c3
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    https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/dragons/dragons-6-million-man-ben-hunt-immediately-repaying-faith-with-starring-role-in-red-v-debut/news-story/525923f899532409c099bb2655904d76
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    http://www.espn.com.au/nrl/story/_/id/24053390/hunt-was-angry-origin-demotion
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    https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/09/12/the-moment-that-convinced-ben-hunt-the-st-george-illawarra-dragons-were-back-on-track/
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    https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/dragons/dragons-coach-paul-mcgregor-defends-decision-to-rest-ben-hunt/news-story/17af83282967e957ee2014e54518dcde/
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    https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2025-michael-maguire-and-ben-hunt-support-reece-walsh-claims-over-comments-made-about-walshs-daughter-what-was-said-brisbane-broncos-rugby-league-news/news-story/9736c5de8ca43e8a24580af5f9b28d64?recommendedCount=0/
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxDkzhQDDBI
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  82. Fox Sports
    https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-grand-final-2025-harry-grant-leads-praise-for-ben-hunt-redemption-adam-reynolds-broncos-dropped-pass-broncos-vs-storm/news-story/a0374e86702e8d9d11b736b65dd4026e
  83. Brisbane Broncos
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110220030353/https://www.broncos.com.au/default.aspx?s=bronco-tv&vid=331999
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