Natasha Hunt Explained

Birth Date:21 March 1989
Birth Place:Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Height:1.65 m
Weight:67 kg
Occupation:International Rugby Player, Teacher
School:Dene Magna School
Ru Position:Scrum-half
Ru Currentteam:Gloucester-Hartpury Women
Clubs1:Malvern
Clubs2:Bath
Clubs3:Bristol
Years4:2013–2018
Clubs4:Lichfield
Years5:2018–
Clubs5:Gloucester-Hartpury
Repyears1:2011–
Repteam1:England
Repyears2:2023
Repteam2:Barbarians
Repcaps1:67
Reppoints1:56
Repsevensyears1:2016–2018
Repsevensyears2:2016–
Repsevensteam1:England
Repsevensteam2:Great Britain

Natasha May "Mo" Hunt (born 21 March 1989) is an English rugby union player who plays scrum-half for Gloucester-Hartpury and for England. She is also a qualified preacher.

Personal life

Hunt attended Dene Magna School.[1]

Hunt is a qualified teacher and previously trained at King Edward's School Birmingham in PE, before teaching at Sir Graham Balfour School in Stafford, also as a PE teacher. Hunt communicates with fans via the use of Twitter and her inspirations in rugby are the former England Women's captain Sue Day and Susie Appleby.[2]

England

Hunt has represented England Under 20s, England A, England sevens as well as the England women's national rugby union team. Hunt played for England in the RBS 6 Nations as well as in the rugby 7s world tournament, winning both.

In 2014, Hunt made several appearances for England Women, helping them achieve their second world title and earning a professional contract in the process.[3] She was named in the squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[4] [5] She was in the starting team for the World Cup final 2017. Hunt played in the starting line up in the Women's Six Nation's Squad against Scotland, winning 80–0. The team finished the tournament as Grand Slam champions 2019.

Honours

Notes and References

  1. News: Iles . Robert . Gloucester-born Natasha Hunt is one of three players to be awarded England Women XV contracts . 7 April 2022 . Gloucestershire Live . 20 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Natasha Hunt - Official RFU England Profile . . 13 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120110140500/http://www.rfu.com/SquadsAndPlayers/WomensRugby/NatashaHunt . 10 January 2012.
  3. News: England Women's Rugby World Cup winners to be paid to play, RFU announces . Duffin . Claire . 25 August 2014 . Daily Telegraph . London . 15 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817144209/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/11053391/England-Women-Rugby-World-Cup-winners-to-paid-to-play-RFU-announces.html# . 2016-08-17 . live.
  4. News: England announce squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup . 29 June 2017 . RFU . 2017-09-20 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20171004191312/http://www.englandrugby.com/news/england-announce-squad-for-2017-women-rugby-world-cup/# . 2017-10-04 . live.
  5. News: England name their squad for their Women's Rugby World Cup defence . Mockford . Sarah . 2017-06-29 . Rugby World . 2017-09-20 . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20170920190852/http://www.rugbyworld.com/news/england-name-squad-womens-world-cup-defence-79159# . 2017-09-20 . live.