Munster told to Pull His Head In!
Yes, yes, Yes!
This incident is the catalyst for GenO Miles to tell Cam Munster to "pull his head in" because in big GenO's mind, our Cam is getting way ahead of himself. Must of been what the "argie-bargie" was about before the punches were thrown with Ben Hunt.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/state- ... d1e5e72b15
Our Cam Munster, must have been big noting himself a bit to deserve Benny boy Hunt to throw a couple of hay makers.
Or GenO just reckons the Queensland code was broken. They were more acting like NSW players by belting on with your mates.
This incident is the catalyst for GenO Miles to tell Cam Munster to "pull his head in" because in big GenO's mind, our Cam is getting way ahead of himself. Must of been what the "argie-bargie" was about before the punches were thrown with Ben Hunt.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/state- ... d1e5e72b15
Our Cam Munster, must have been big noting himself a bit to deserve Benny boy Hunt to throw a couple of hay makers.
Or GenO just reckons the Queensland code was broken. They were more acting like NSW players by belting on with your mates.
Huh? Where do you get that from?Cameron wrote:Our Cam Munster, must have been big noting himself a bit to deserve Benny boy Hunt to throw a couple of hay makers.
Hunt and Munster have a scrap and it "must" be because Munster is big noting himself to Hunt?
I am not sure Mal Meninga saw it that way.
Remember, in the two World Cup games that Munster played in; he was voted BOG both times.
Prodigious talent but the top end of the Queensland and Australian mentor ranks are worried about his head space.
It is a pretty extreme thing for the Australian coach to fly a player down from Darwin to Melbourne in the middle of a World Cup playing for his country to be told off by his team coach.
I reckon it also cost Munster his place in the World Cup final as well.
Remember, in the two World Cup games that Munster played in; he was voted BOG both times.
Prodigious talent but the top end of the Queensland and Australian mentor ranks are worried about his head space.
It is a pretty extreme thing for the Australian coach to fly a player down from Darwin to Melbourne in the middle of a World Cup playing for his country to be told off by his team coach.
I reckon it also cost Munster his place in the World Cup final as well.
Geez, Matty Johns must be down in Melbourne to help our Storm halves nearly every weekend. He is a huge part of the Storm set up.
https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/n ... l/3322365/
Johns reveals hidden side of Roos biff bro Munster
30th Jan 2018 12:49 PM
by Simon Brunsdon
OPINIONS will be split on Melbourne dynamo Cameron Munster after his latest off-field indiscretion came to light on Monday.
Fox Sports' chief NRL reporter James Hooper broke the news Munster had been sent home from Australian camp for punching on with Kangaroos teammate Ben Hunt during the World Cup.
That incident follows his whack from Queensland coach Kevin Walters two years ago for breaking curfew during an Emerging Maroons camp. He was exiled from Origin selection that season.
And for all his natural talent on the footy field, many are saying his rugby league career is under threat from his tendency to land in hot water while on the beers.
But one of Munster's mentors actually believes his larrikin personality is benefiting the Storm in a roundabout way.
Matty Johns - who has worked closely with Munster - says the 23-year-old is exactly what Craig Bellamy needs in Melbourne.
"I've gotten to know Cameron Munster well ... I love the bloke. I've never had an ounce of trouble when I've been around him at all. Very respectful," Johns told Triple M's Grill Team on Tuesday.
"He's an effervescent character, he certainly is. He likes a beer, there's no doubt about that. He's a kid who really enjoys a good time.
"In the past I've heard him described as very good for Melbourne, because all those Melbourne blokes are very disciplined, whereas he's a little bit out of the box.
"He's a little bit of a throwback, he's not like a modern footballer. Luckily he's got the ability to turn it on and off.
"Why he's able to do this is because he goes back to Rockhampton and has a good time with his mates, enjoys a beer, enjoys life, then he has to go back to Melbourne where they absolutely get drilled.
"They train harder than anyone else in the league, probably as hard as anyone in Australian sport.
"I saw them train Saturday morning and guess what? He was at the front of all fitness runs."
Munster has already played 65 games for Melbourne and has been thrown between fullback, centre and in the halves, such is his natural footballing ability.
Last year he made his debut for Queensland and then Australia, and won an NRL premiership with the Storm in between.
Johns likened Munster to the former's famous brother and eighth Immortal Andrew Johns, who notoriously liked to party while still being regarded as one of the greatest players in history.
"I always used to say to young players who admired my brother Andrew ... Andrew enjoys a good time and he goes out and has a beer, but what you don't see is what he does the next day," Johns said.
"While you're out with him having a beer and having a good time guess what he does? He sets his alarm for 7.30 in the morning and he's down at the field doing four kilometres running, flogging himself.
"That's the balance. If you enjoy a beer that's great, but you have to have the balance, and being at Melbourne Munster has the balance."
Munster's altercation with Hunt certainly isn't the first time teammates have come to blows while on tour.
League legend Mark Geyer told Triple M's Rush Hour how a number of Kangaroos players almost punched on during a tour 30 years ago.
"It happened to us on the 1990 Kangaroo tour. A bit of a Royal Rumble," Geyer explained.
"After two months in England you can imagine we were pretty relieved to get to France because we'd been beaten in the first Test, a big upset.
"So we got over to France with our tails between our legs and we went to a wine vineyard so what could go wrong? So we were there for about two or three hours and we decided to have a forwards versus backs skirmish with each other.
"But it was getting very intense and when you've got blokes like Blocker (Steve Roach) and Sirro (Paul Sironen) and (David) Gillespie.
"It got really fiery because by this stage we wanted to come home, but it got a little but spiteful at one stage.
"Mal Meninga took his shirt off and got serious so we all just said OK let's get on the bus and go home." Lol.
https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/n ... l/3322365/
Johns reveals hidden side of Roos biff bro Munster
30th Jan 2018 12:49 PM
by Simon Brunsdon
OPINIONS will be split on Melbourne dynamo Cameron Munster after his latest off-field indiscretion came to light on Monday.
Fox Sports' chief NRL reporter James Hooper broke the news Munster had been sent home from Australian camp for punching on with Kangaroos teammate Ben Hunt during the World Cup.
That incident follows his whack from Queensland coach Kevin Walters two years ago for breaking curfew during an Emerging Maroons camp. He was exiled from Origin selection that season.
And for all his natural talent on the footy field, many are saying his rugby league career is under threat from his tendency to land in hot water while on the beers.
But one of Munster's mentors actually believes his larrikin personality is benefiting the Storm in a roundabout way.
Matty Johns - who has worked closely with Munster - says the 23-year-old is exactly what Craig Bellamy needs in Melbourne.
"I've gotten to know Cameron Munster well ... I love the bloke. I've never had an ounce of trouble when I've been around him at all. Very respectful," Johns told Triple M's Grill Team on Tuesday.
"He's an effervescent character, he certainly is. He likes a beer, there's no doubt about that. He's a kid who really enjoys a good time.
"In the past I've heard him described as very good for Melbourne, because all those Melbourne blokes are very disciplined, whereas he's a little bit out of the box.
"He's a little bit of a throwback, he's not like a modern footballer. Luckily he's got the ability to turn it on and off.
"Why he's able to do this is because he goes back to Rockhampton and has a good time with his mates, enjoys a beer, enjoys life, then he has to go back to Melbourne where they absolutely get drilled.
"They train harder than anyone else in the league, probably as hard as anyone in Australian sport.
"I saw them train Saturday morning and guess what? He was at the front of all fitness runs."
Munster has already played 65 games for Melbourne and has been thrown between fullback, centre and in the halves, such is his natural footballing ability.
Last year he made his debut for Queensland and then Australia, and won an NRL premiership with the Storm in between.
Johns likened Munster to the former's famous brother and eighth Immortal Andrew Johns, who notoriously liked to party while still being regarded as one of the greatest players in history.
"I always used to say to young players who admired my brother Andrew ... Andrew enjoys a good time and he goes out and has a beer, but what you don't see is what he does the next day," Johns said.
"While you're out with him having a beer and having a good time guess what he does? He sets his alarm for 7.30 in the morning and he's down at the field doing four kilometres running, flogging himself.
"That's the balance. If you enjoy a beer that's great, but you have to have the balance, and being at Melbourne Munster has the balance."
Munster's altercation with Hunt certainly isn't the first time teammates have come to blows while on tour.
League legend Mark Geyer told Triple M's Rush Hour how a number of Kangaroos players almost punched on during a tour 30 years ago.
"It happened to us on the 1990 Kangaroo tour. A bit of a Royal Rumble," Geyer explained.
"After two months in England you can imagine we were pretty relieved to get to France because we'd been beaten in the first Test, a big upset.
"So we got over to France with our tails between our legs and we went to a wine vineyard so what could go wrong? So we were there for about two or three hours and we decided to have a forwards versus backs skirmish with each other.
"But it was getting very intense and when you've got blokes like Blocker (Steve Roach) and Sirro (Paul Sironen) and (David) Gillespie.
"It got really fiery because by this stage we wanted to come home, but it got a little but spiteful at one stage.
"Mal Meninga took his shirt off and got serious so we all just said OK let's get on the bus and go home." Lol.
Whilst Matty is a great and vocal advocate, I don't think he is doing any specialist coaching with us (at least officially). I think he is more in Melbourne to spend time with/keep an eye on his son, now training with us.Cameron wrote:Geez, Matty Johns must be down in Melbourne to help our Storm halves nearly every weekend. He is a huge part of the Storm set up.
This article is a bit more intensely negative to our Cameron Munster. These days, you can't afford to be different. Not even a little bit else someone and usually a lot of people want to jump all over you. GOD I miss the GOOD Ol' Days. When everyone could be an individual.
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 0px8f.html
NRL 2018: Cameron Munster at the crossroads after Kangaroos World Cup incident with Ben Hunt
Adam Pengilly
Tick, tick, tick ...
Speak to those on the fringes and they will tell you it was only a matter of time. As electrifying as Cameron Munster is on the field, you could set your watch to the moment he was going to blow up off it.
The running joke is opposition defences can train many sets of eyes on him to curb his mesmerising influence on the field, but his own employers can never have enough sets of eyes to curb his equally damaging influence off it.
Which is why allegations he was involved in an altercation with Kangaroos and Queensland teammate Ben Hunt during the World Cup-winning campaign, during their stay in Darwin for the quarter final, shocked many but also shocked few.
Those in the Australian camp were playing down the fist fight angle on Monday, but weren't running from the fact Munster stepped out of line in a friendly wrestle gone wrong right under the noses of Mal Meninga and Cameron Smith who, when asked about previous selection controversies on the basis of off-field behaviour, said: "How hard is it to be a good person?"
Munster and Hunt, both of whom spent a large part of the camp as "Emus", or Kangaroos squad members not part of the top 17, later shook hands and laughed it off. All good, just boys being boys.
You reckon Craig Bellamy had the same reaction when Australian officials banished Munster, 23, back to Melbourne mid-tournament to face his Storm coach before he later returned to the Kangaroos with an apology for Meninga?
Which is the greatest conundrum when it comes to the Storm's other Cameron, a career at the crossroads as it's just about to take off.
Munster plays in the most professional set-up in the NRL, under its hardest taskmaster and most revered captain.
He not only filled Johnathan Thurston's sizeable boots for his State of Origin debut, but he played so well people stopped wondering if the dynasty was about to end and started questioning whether NSW had a hope for the next 12 years. The time known north of the border as After JT had never looked so bright.
He then won a premiership alongside Cooper Cronk. Made his Kangaroos debut during the World Cup a month later. And still people whisper about how it all could unravel at any moment.
This year, Munster's halves partner at the Storm will most likely go by the name Croft and not Cronk. When he looks across the other side of the ruck, a 20-year-old with five games of NRL experience will be helping call the shots rather than a 34-year-old professional with 323 NRL appearances who has helped make Melbourne.
Every one of Cronk's representative jerseys - and Thurston's for that matter - is up for grabs this year. Munster should slip into whichever one he demands, but those pulling the strings still fret. Smith has even felt compelled to go on record and claim Munster has standards to adhere to, yet the Hunt hoo-ha suggests his captain's plea has fallen on deaf ears.
Coach Kevin Walters said last week on the eve of this year's Queensland Emerging Origin camp that players knew the behavioural standards required of them after the calamity of two years ago, when eight were banned from the 2016 series for breaking curfew.
Six, including Munster, made their debuts in the come-from-the-dead Origin escape in last year's series. Walters said they all had learned their lessons.
All, maybe, except one.
Tick, tick, tick ... boom!
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 0px8f.html
NRL 2018: Cameron Munster at the crossroads after Kangaroos World Cup incident with Ben Hunt
Adam Pengilly
Tick, tick, tick ...
Speak to those on the fringes and they will tell you it was only a matter of time. As electrifying as Cameron Munster is on the field, you could set your watch to the moment he was going to blow up off it.
The running joke is opposition defences can train many sets of eyes on him to curb his mesmerising influence on the field, but his own employers can never have enough sets of eyes to curb his equally damaging influence off it.
Which is why allegations he was involved in an altercation with Kangaroos and Queensland teammate Ben Hunt during the World Cup-winning campaign, during their stay in Darwin for the quarter final, shocked many but also shocked few.
Those in the Australian camp were playing down the fist fight angle on Monday, but weren't running from the fact Munster stepped out of line in a friendly wrestle gone wrong right under the noses of Mal Meninga and Cameron Smith who, when asked about previous selection controversies on the basis of off-field behaviour, said: "How hard is it to be a good person?"
Munster and Hunt, both of whom spent a large part of the camp as "Emus", or Kangaroos squad members not part of the top 17, later shook hands and laughed it off. All good, just boys being boys.
You reckon Craig Bellamy had the same reaction when Australian officials banished Munster, 23, back to Melbourne mid-tournament to face his Storm coach before he later returned to the Kangaroos with an apology for Meninga?
Which is the greatest conundrum when it comes to the Storm's other Cameron, a career at the crossroads as it's just about to take off.
Munster plays in the most professional set-up in the NRL, under its hardest taskmaster and most revered captain.
He not only filled Johnathan Thurston's sizeable boots for his State of Origin debut, but he played so well people stopped wondering if the dynasty was about to end and started questioning whether NSW had a hope for the next 12 years. The time known north of the border as After JT had never looked so bright.
He then won a premiership alongside Cooper Cronk. Made his Kangaroos debut during the World Cup a month later. And still people whisper about how it all could unravel at any moment.
This year, Munster's halves partner at the Storm will most likely go by the name Croft and not Cronk. When he looks across the other side of the ruck, a 20-year-old with five games of NRL experience will be helping call the shots rather than a 34-year-old professional with 323 NRL appearances who has helped make Melbourne.
Every one of Cronk's representative jerseys - and Thurston's for that matter - is up for grabs this year. Munster should slip into whichever one he demands, but those pulling the strings still fret. Smith has even felt compelled to go on record and claim Munster has standards to adhere to, yet the Hunt hoo-ha suggests his captain's plea has fallen on deaf ears.
Coach Kevin Walters said last week on the eve of this year's Queensland Emerging Origin camp that players knew the behavioural standards required of them after the calamity of two years ago, when eight were banned from the 2016 series for breaking curfew.
Six, including Munster, made their debuts in the come-from-the-dead Origin escape in last year's series. Walters said they all had learned their lessons.
All, maybe, except one.
Tick, tick, tick ... boom!
It didn’t cost Munster a spot in the final. He was never in the top 17. He played the throwaway games against the weaker teams, just like Kaufusi and Maloney and Hunt and Mansour.Cameron wrote:I am not sure Mal Meninga saw it that way.
Remember, in the two World Cup games that Munster played in; he was voted BOG both times.
Prodigious talent but the top end of the Queensland and Australian mentor ranks are worried about his head space.
It is a pretty extreme thing for the Australian coach to fly a player down from Darwin to Melbourne in the middle of a World Cup playing for his country to be told off by his team coach.
I reckon it also cost Munster his place in the World Cup final as well.
As for the other two articles, well there’s no new information about anything. It’s just poor journalism trying to make this into something bigger then it really is
Munster starred in the two games he played in the World Cup but they were probably set on Morgan from the opening game. Just from a steadiness factor. The best that Munster could have hoped for in the final was 17th man.
I reckon Munster bashing will become a pretty strong pastime from the Sydney based media. He is a bit different. Knockabout bloke from Rockhampton.
He ticks all the boxes of who they are at war with.
Lets hope Munster has continued success. On and off the field. I reckon being in Melbourne is a blessing for him. Away from the team, in everyday life, He can slip into anonymity very easily. It might be harder if he played in Brisbane or Sydney.
I reckon Munster bashing will become a pretty strong pastime from the Sydney based media. He is a bit different. Knockabout bloke from Rockhampton.
He ticks all the boxes of who they are at war with.
Lets hope Munster has continued success. On and off the field. I reckon being in Melbourne is a blessing for him. Away from the team, in everyday life, He can slip into anonymity very easily. It might be harder if he played in Brisbane or Sydney.
I think some sections of the Sydney media will look for any opportunity to dig the boot in to the Storm. That is evident by some of the hyperbole evident in some of the above articles.Cameron wrote:I reckon Munster bashing will become a pretty strong pastime from the Sydney based media. He is a bit different. Knockabout bloke from Rockhampton.
He ticks all the boxes of who they are at war with.
On NRL360 they were mostly respectful and supportive when talking about Munster.
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I am sure the Sydney media would do a 180 degree turnabout if Munster suddenly opted to join a club there at some stage. Absolutely love Munster as a player
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Ben Hunt reveals clear-the-air text message from Cameron Munster after Kangaroos camp bust-up
Hunt was stunned to hear reports of a bust up when lambasted by his new Dragons teammates last week, and is adamant he wasn’t involved in a physical incident.
“I come in from training and all the boys were having a go at me saying I was a big boxer and I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ Hunt told AAP on Monday.
“It was a big surprise for me because I didn’t think there was any story there and didn’t know where it came from.
“It was a bit of a shock.
“If they’re saying that’s why he got sent home, why wouldn’t I have got sent home?”
The former Brisbane halfback revealed Munster immediately texted his fellow Kangaroos squad member last week to clear any lingering issues.
The duo are a strong chance of playing for Queensland in this year’s State of Origin series following the representative retirements of Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk.
Munster starred for the Maroons at five-eighth in last year’s Origin decider.
“Cam messaged me asking, ‘Are we okay, what happened, are we all sweet?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, mate. I don’t have a problem with you at all’,” Hunt said.
“I’m sure I’m going to be in some teams with Cam in the future and I’ve got no problem with him. I’ll be happy to go have a coffee or beer with him now. We’re sweet.”
Ben Hunt reveals clear-the-air text message from Cameron Munster after Kangaroos camp bust-up
Hunt was stunned to hear reports of a bust up when lambasted by his new Dragons teammates last week, and is adamant he wasn’t involved in a physical incident.
“I come in from training and all the boys were having a go at me saying I was a big boxer and I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ Hunt told AAP on Monday.
“It was a big surprise for me because I didn’t think there was any story there and didn’t know where it came from.
“It was a bit of a shock.
“If they’re saying that’s why he got sent home, why wouldn’t I have got sent home?”
The former Brisbane halfback revealed Munster immediately texted his fellow Kangaroos squad member last week to clear any lingering issues.
The duo are a strong chance of playing for Queensland in this year’s State of Origin series following the representative retirements of Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk.
Munster starred for the Maroons at five-eighth in last year’s Origin decider.
“Cam messaged me asking, ‘Are we okay, what happened, are we all sweet?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, mate. I don’t have a problem with you at all’,” Hunt said.
“I’m sure I’m going to be in some teams with Cam in the future and I’ve got no problem with him. I’ll be happy to go have a coffee or beer with him now. We’re sweet.”