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Hunt promises surgery for Sharks who cross him in 2025

On the eve of the NRL finals series, Cronulla enforcer Royce Hunt has opened up on his impending move to Wests Tigers.
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But if Cronulla think Hunt's generosity will extend onto the football field next season, the prop has warned they are sorely mistaken.

"There's a bit of banter happening already about who I'm going to run at off the kick-off," he said.

"Ronnie (winger Ronaldo Mulitalo) reckons he's going to shoulder-charge me. If he tries, he'll be in for another shoulder reco.

"Braydon (Trindall, five-eighth) will be hiding on the wing off the kick-off. I might just have to get a quick line out to him and run straight over to him."
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Fitz needs to fire a rocket up his ass this game. Need him to ****ing explode when he comes on. Hopefully our starting middles can play until the 25th minute mark then give big Royce a 15 minute stint either side of half time. His impact off the bench is going to be crucial. I expect the storm to bench Nelson & start Welch for this game too.
 
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Gumby said:
Fitz needs to fire a rocket up his ass this game. Need him to ****ing explode when he comes on. Hopefully our starting middles can play until the 25th minute mark then give big Royce a 15 minute stint either side of half time. His impact off the bench is going to be crucial. I expect the storm to bench Nelson & start Welch for this game too.
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Not just Royce, I'd say Williams and Talakai too. Our best chance is to gain some momentum during the middle of the game. We want to force Bellamy to bring back his starters before he wants to in order to weather the storm.
 
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Gumby said:
Fitz needs to fire a rocket up his ass this game. Need him to ****ing explode when he comes on. Hopefully our starting middles can play until the 25th minute mark then give big Royce a 15 minute stint either side of half time. His impact off the bench is going to be crucial. I expect the storm to bench Nelson & start Welch for this game too.
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I want him to do to them what NAS does to us
 
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I've never noticed this because I always look more at the attack than defence but is NAS someone we can exploit when we are attacking?
 
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Absolutely. Like most big guys he's not a great lateral mover. If we can get a fast ruck like we did against Manly it will go a long way.
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Excellent.

If Christian Welch plays we have to put him on the ground. It’s amazing how many times he stands in tackles and offloads. He’s hardly ever put on his back.
 
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I've never noticed this because I always look more at the attack than defence but is NAS someone we can exploit when we are attacking?
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Per Fox stats (so not counting tackles where you are third man in) NAS ranks 267th in the NRL for average tackle efficiency (including anyone who has played at least one game)

For props who have played 10+ games he ranks 77/80 for average tackle efficiency

Royce, Burgess and NBrown are the only props worse

Top 10 is Haas, Taupau, May, Sipley, Fisher-Harris, Papali'i, Baker, Clarke, Klemmer, Jensen
So you can see while I did discount <10 gamers I didn't check through for guys who I wouldn't consider a prop, overall

Hazelton is 13th
AFB 16th
Kaufusi 24th
Rudolf 44th

BHU & Tuks somehow not in the props list so this is definitely not a 100% work of exact science!
Tuks would be near Rudolf, BHU about halfway between Rudolf and NAS
 
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‘I DIDN’T WANT TO GO’: HUNT OPENS UP ON SHARKS EXIT, TIGERS MOVE​

His days in the Cronulla jersey are numbered and with two games guaranteed, Royce Hunt will do anything it takes for more.

The Sharks enforcer has agreed to a three-year deal with the Tigers from next season, which will bring an end to his five years at Cronulla where he expected to play until the end.

He was so sure, he was already planning to retire at the end of 2025 when the Tigers came knocking.

Ahead of Saturday’s NRL qualifying final clash with Melbourne, the 29-year-old has spoken about his decision to join the Wests Tigers next season, his plans to help revive the club and why was ready to retire before a call from Benji Marshall.

“It was the security of three years for my family, the Sharks couldn’t offer that long, so it was a no-brainer for my career point of view,” he says.

“As a man I didn’t want to go. I thought I would finish my career here and I was getting ready to retire after next year, my last year here, when this sprung up out of nowhere.

“I was preparing for (retirement), I could retire today and be happy with what I’ve done in this game.

“What I’ve got out of the game I’m pretty happy with it. I’m not one of those guys who wants to hang on forever. I think this will be the last contract I sign. That’s where my head is at.

“I wasn’t expecting it but things moved quickly and I just accepted it and put it to the back of my head and I’ll think about it when we finish this season.

“We’ve got a more important job to do so that’s what I’m focusing on right now.”

Hunt has been in and out of first grade his entire NRL career.

He was stuck behind the big guns at Canberra, where he made his NRL debut in 2017, before he moved to Cronulla in 2020 where he found a home across 72 games.

Through it all, he’s learned a lot about patience and hard work – lessons he wants to share with the younger players at the Tigers.

“I’m looking forward to that challenge of going there and helping those young boys be who they need to be,” he says.

“That’s what we’ve done (at the Sharks) with these young boys, any one of them who are playing Cup can come in and take our spots at any time, they’re that good.

“That’s what I want to go and do at the Tigers. They’re all good players, but just helping advance their knowledge of the game.”

A top four finish has guaranteed the Sharks at least two games, but that’s not enough for Hunt or anyone at the club.

The Sharks haven’t won a finals game since 2018 but he believes they’re in a better position now than they ever have been to go all the way.

“We’ve been close, we’ve lost both to a drop goal and that’s pretty heartbreaking but it is what it is,” he says.

“We have a different squad, so I guess it comes down to us and how we play on the day.

“We’ve had those hard games and hard lessons, we’ve taken those heartbreaks and learnt. We’re mentally a bit better too. There’s a good vibe around the club.

“Every week is a challenge and we walk towards it, we welcome it and we throw down.
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