{"id":154193,"date":"2021-11-02T22:04:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=154193"},"modified":"2021-11-03T02:04:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T02:04:58","slug":"storm-declaration-as-munster-rehab-exit-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=154193","title":{"rendered":"Storm declaration as Munster rehab exit looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cameron Munster<\/a> has a "new lease of life" and will exit rehabilitation this weekend, says Melbourne Storm chairman Matt Tripp.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> Tripp declared the Storm "couldn't be happier" with the progress Munster has shown since entering a rehabilitation program for alcohol issues a month ago, following the fallout from the party video scandal.<\/a><\/p>\n

Munster voluntarily admitted himself to the facility after the scandal that followed the Storm's exit from the finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He was banned for a game and fined $30,000 from the NRL, while Melbourne whacked him with a $100,000 suspended fine, removed him from the leadership group and imposed a 12-month alcohol ban.<\/p>\n

\"Melbourne<\/p>\n

"He rang me yesterday, and he sounded terrific," Tripp said.<\/p>\n

"I couldn't be happier with his progress. He's really excited about getting stuck into the pre-season with the boys and getting back to Melbourne.<\/p>\n

"He's in a really good headspace \u2014 it's actually the best I've heard him. He'll have some family time, and he's expecting a baby in December with his partner (Bianca).<\/p>\n

"I just think he's got a new lease of life. It's helped him no end. We've still got a long way to go, don't get me wrong, in terms of him ticking all the boxes to be right for round two next year. But the early signs are fantastic.<\/p>\n

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"If I was preparing him for a Melbourne Cup, you could say he's doing really well in the early stages of his prep.<\/p>\n

"They're finely-tuned athletes, you want them right when the whips are cracking, and that will be March next year, when we want him ready."<\/p>\n

According to the Herald, the Storm have engaged a psychologist to help Munster stay on a healthy path.<\/p>\n

Tripp shut down talk that Munster is a target for the 17th NRL franchise, and emphasised he is signed to Melbourne until the end of 2023 \u2014 the Dolphins' inaugural season.<\/p>\n

"He's contracted to us, it's not even a conversation, it hasn't been one and it won't be one," he said.<\/p>\n

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