SMH.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIf Paps was still here then I\u2019d stay at No.6, but if he decided to move on, and they didn\u2019t have an option, I\u2019d have played at fullback. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever they wanted me to do, whatever they felt was best for the squad. It didn\u2019t really bother me what number was on my back as long as I was still playing footy. <\/p>\n
\u201cCould I have played my best footy at fullback? Who knows? But I did get asked, and I was happy to do it \u2013 but that was only under the condition of certain blokes not being there.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for those conversations, Munster explained it Storm bosses were simply trying to work out where their star players could slot in moving forward.<\/p>\n
Foz returns to Manly as Assistant Coach | 00:31<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they were just trying to figure out where we could fit everyone in. We\u2019ve got some great depth in our spine and they probably [improved] faster than we expected,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
That happens. You can see that with Penrith. They\u2019ve lost a lot of good players. I think that comes with playing grand finals and having success. <\/p>\n
\u201cOther teams want to start grabbing those guys that are developing quicker. Pez is no exception.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pezet, meanwhile, had a clause inserted in his contract that rendered him a free agent should Hughes re-sign, which he did earlier this season.<\/p>\n
Munster has been named in the No.6 jersey alongside Nathan Cleary for the first Ashes Test, set to kick off at 12:30am (AEDT) on Sunday morning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cameron Munster has ruled out a move to the Perth Bears in 2027, declaring he will complete the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[18743,64,63,689,4428,4567,30195,20779,763,2105,54318,4575,4556,140272,4466,761,762,673,158,677,13390,13391,130928,85,670,9020],"class_list":["post-233609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-adam-reynolds","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-cameron-munster","tag-cameron-spencer","tag-contract-situation","tag-fox-league","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-inaugural-season","tag-jahrome-hughes","tag-jason-ryles","tag-long-term-halfback-successor","tag-melbourne-storm","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-new-south-wales","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-payne-haas","tag-reece-walsh","tag-rugby-league-ashes-live","tag-sports","tag-sydney","tag-young-gun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233609","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=233609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}