- Cameron Munster has shed 6 kilograms in off season
- He was at his best during the Storm’s season opener
Cameron Munster’s recent weight loss for the start of the NRL season was reportedly helped by a sledge from his wife, according to Storm coach Craig Bellamy.
A trim Munster shone in Melbourne’s 56-18 victory over the Eels on Sunday at AAMi Park.
After the match, the veteran five-eighth revealed he’d shed a whopping six kilograms in the off-season.
‘It’s awesome, 33 degree heat in Melbourne, can’t get any better,’ Munster told Nine’s Ruan Sims post match.
‘It helps when you lose six kilos… obviously had a really good pre-season, that’s not always going to happen.’
Bellamy revealed in the press conference that it was Munster’s wife Bianca who spurred him on to shed the weight.
Cameron Munster’s weight loss for the start of the NRL season was reportedly helped by a sledge from his wife
Bianca (pictured) reportedly told Muster he’d never lose the weight, so he proved her wrong
‘We had a bit of a chat about a couple of things but I certainly didn’t say to him “you need to lose some weight”,’ Bellamy told media following Sunday’s win.
‘His partner Bianca might have thrown something there (too)… I’m not quite sure if this is right but I think Bianca might have said… “you’ll never do that”, so he got his back up and he did.
‘I think it’s really helped him. He’s a lot fitter and able to get involved and the more he’s involved the better we’re going to be.
‘He’s been fully invested in the pre-season, he’s just a bit lighter. I don’t think he’s lost any strength and certainly not any speed, he hasn’t got a lot of that to lose anyway.
‘He just took the game on a whole heap today and I just think that’s when he’s playing his best footy and losing a couple of kilos has really helped him do that.’
The Storm ran in eight tries in a stunning first half to extend Bellamy’s record to 22 successive first-round wins and ensure a forgettable start to Jason Ryles’ coaching career at the Eels.
Munster looked in fine form during Melbourne’s 56-18 victory over the Eels
In a one-sided opening 40 minutes that ended 46-6, the Storm players barely raised a sweat despite the temperature being 33 degrees at kick-off.
It was the second-most points a team had scored in a first half in NRL history, after Newcastle’s 48 against North Queensland in 2003.
The Eels had to wait until the 37th minute to get on the scoreboard, with winger Jake Tago planting the ball down after taking a Dylan Brown bomb into the in-goal.
