{"id":231014,"date":"2025-10-21T23:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/231014\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:01:11","slug":"melbourne-storm-forced-into-impossible-move-with-cameron-munster-after-jonah-pezet-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/231014\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm forced into ‘impossible’ move with Cameron Munster after Jonah Pezet exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cameron Munster<\/a>‘s hopes of being granted a release from Melbourne in 2027 to link up with the Perth Bears have been dealt a major blow, following reports Jonah Pezet is set to leave the Storm<\/a>. It was reported on Tuesday that Pezet was set to sign a one-year deal with Parramatta for 2026, before linking up with Brisbane from 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pezet is contracted at the Storm until the end of 2029 but a clause in his deal means the back-up half can leave on loan or as a free agent after Melbourne extended first-choice No.7 Jahrome Hughes earlier this year. It presents a unique scenario in which the 22-year-old Pezet can sign for two different NRL<\/a> clubs at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Jonah Pezet’s (far right) reported exit from the Storm means it’s highly unlikely Melbourne would grant Cameron Munster (L) an early release to join the Perth Bears. Pic: Getty<\/p>\n

And according to Code Sports<\/a>, the young playmaker has agreed to join the Eels for 2026, before linking up with the Broncos on a multi-year deal from 2027. The report says Brisbane view him as the long-term replacement for veteran halfback Adam Reynolds, who is set to play one final season for the Broncos next year.<\/p>\n

But Pezet’s move is set to have a ripple effect on Munster at the Storm, and his hopes of being granted a release from the final year of his contract in 2027 to join the Perth Bears. It’s understood the Storm were only willing to grant Munster an early release on the basis that Pezet would be his long-term replacement.<\/p>\n

League reporter Michael Caryannis explained the situation on SEN radio and says Pezet’s imminent move will force Melbourne to backflip on their stance around Munster. He claims that Pezet’s early exit from Melbourne will make it ‘impossible’ for Munster to be granted an early release if he wants to become Perth’s marquee signing for 2027.<\/p>\n

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The likelihood of Cameron Munster being granted an early release from the final year of his Storm contract in 2027 to join the Perth Bears look slim now. Pic: Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cIt won\u2019t happen. There\u2019s no way the Storm will let Cameron Munster go to Perth now,\u201d Carayannis told SEN. \u201cThe way it could have played out is if Munster left and Pezet stayed then, but they’re not gonna cut Cameron Munster 12 months early.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember, he’s got two years left on his contract so to be the Perth inaugural signing… he needs to play one more season at Melbourne, then gain a release for the following season. I think in the short term, at the very least, that’s at long odds of happening.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the expectation that… before Christmas he would have been given permission to talk to Perth. That’s not gonna happen. Whether or not we get to a midway point of next year and things change, potentially. But in the short term, no.\u201d<\/p>\n

Storm set to lose Jonah Pezet as Parramatta move looms<\/p>\n

Melbourne have been hopeful of hanging onto Pezet, amid suggestions they could grant Ryan Papenhuyzen an early release to join R360 and shift Munster to fullback. \u201cYou\u2019ve got the Papenhuyzen situation where he\u2019s off contract at the end of next year. The club might decide to let him go early if he wants to go to R360,” News Corp league reporter Brent Read told Triple M radio.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Storm are juggling a lot of balls at the moment, and then you\u2019ve got the coaching situation as well. I\u2019m sure Jonah would love to know who the coach is going to be next year.\u201d There have been reports veteran Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy will finish up at the Storm next season, before potentially joining the Titans in 2027, and that may well be a factor in Pezet’s decision to leave.<\/p>\n

And Caryannis said the young playmaker’s move to Eels for next season – to play alongside Mitchell Moses in a deadly halves combination – made a lot of sense. \u201cThey\u2019ve got Mitch Moses locked in, Isaiah Iongi (fullback) who\u2019s a gun and an absolute freak and then they\u2019ve got two good hookers (Ryley Smith and Tallyn Da Silva),\u201d he said. \u201cYou look at that spine and if they sign Pezet, it\u2019s probably the most settled 1, 6, 7 and 9 long-term going forward in the competition so I can understand the attraction there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cameron Munster‘s hopes of being granted a release from Melbourne in 2027 to link up with the Perth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,4567,27285,647,761,762,158,22798,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-231014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cameron-munster","11":"tag-jonah-pezet","12":"tag-melbourne","13":"tag-national-rugby-league","14":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","15":"tag-nrl","16":"tag-perth-bears","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}