Royce Hunt

Royce Hunt, born on August 13, 1995, is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Wests Tigers in the NRL. He has Samoan, Hawaiian, and Maori heritage and was raised in Liverpool, Sydney, attending Kalgoorlie State High School. Hunt's early rugby career began with the Willagee Bears and Goldfields Titans before joining Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, where he represented the 2013 Australian Schoolboys.

Hunt played for Canterbury's NYC team from 2014 to 2015 and joined Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2016. He made his NRL debut for Canberra Raiders in 2017 but didn't play first-grade games in 2018 or 2019, instead competing for Mounties. After being released by Canberra in October 2019, he signed with Cronulla Sharks in 2020, scoring his first NRL try that season.

In 2021, Hunt played only two games as Cronulla finished ninth. He appeared in 19 games in 2022, helping Cronulla finish second and representing Samoa in the Rugby League World Cup final against Australia. In 2023, he played for New Zealand Māori All Stars, faced a sin-binning incident, and made controversial remarks about Corey Horsburgh. Hunt played 20 games that season as Cronulla finished sixth.

In 2024, he sustained a calf injury and later signed a three-year contract with Wests Tigers starting in 2025.