 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 Championship vachipesana naJamie Burnett, umo Hunter akadzoka zvine mutsindo kubva pa68 pasi kuti akunde mutambo 98. Pasinei neizvi, Hunter akarasikirwa mumutambo unotevera 29 kurwisa mukwikwidzi wekupedzisira Ding Junhui. Akarasikirwa mumutambo wokutanga we2006 World Championship510 kuna Neil Robertson, mutambo wake wokupedzisira. 