Natasha Hunt

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Natasha Hunt
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Natasha Hunt in 2022
Date of birth (1989-03-21) 21 March 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
School Dene Magna School
Occupation(s)International Rugby Player, Teacher
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Gloucester-Hartpury
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Malvern (0)
Bath (0)
Bristol (0)
2013–2018 Lichfield (0)
2018– Gloucester-Hartpury (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011– England 76 (56)
2023 Barbarians
National sevens teams
YearsTeamComps
2016–2018 England
2016–2020 Great Britain
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team competition

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 teacher.

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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.

She was called into the Red Roses side for the 2025 Six Nations Championship on 17 March. [6] [7]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Iles, Robert (20 December 2018). "Gloucester-born Natasha Hunt is one of three players to be awarded England Women XV contracts". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Natasha Hunt - Official RFU England Profile". Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Duffin, Claire (25 August 2014). "England Women's Rugby World Cup winners to be paid to play, RFU announces". Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "England announce squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup". RFU. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Mockford, Sarah (29 June 2017). "England name their squad for their Women's Rugby World Cup defence". Rugby World. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Red Roses squad for Six Nations announced". England Rugby. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Martyn (17 March 2025). "John Mitchell names 4 uncapped players in England's Six Nations squad". RugbyPass. Retrieved 18 March 2025.


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