 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Hunter akadzokera kudunhu rekutanga kwemwaka wa2005-06, asi akarasikirwa naRory McLeod mumutambo wekutanga weGrand Prix. Mutambo waHunter unotevera wemwaka uyu waive pa2005 UK Championshipvachipesana naJamie Burnett, umo Hunter akadzoka zvinoshamisa kubva pa6 kusvika ku8 pasi kuti akunde mutambo uyu 9 kusvika ku8. Pasinei neizvi, Hunter akarasikirwa mumutambo unotevera 29 achipikisana nemukundi wekupedzisira Ding Junhui. Akarasikirwa mumutambo wokutanga we2006 World Championship 510 kuna Neil Robertson, mutambo wake wokupedzisira. 