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Melbourne Storm<\/a> star Cameron Munster<\/a> has admitted he is thinking about retirement.<\/p>\n The 31-year-old, who is Queensland’s captain and one of the best players in the game, is contracted until the end of 2027, and while he suggests there is a chance he will play on beyond the end of that, retirement isn’t all that far down the road.<\/p>\n “I’m 32 this year,” he said on Channel Nine’s Today show.<\/p>\n “Hopefully two or three more years (left in my body). I don’t wanna be playing until 36 and getting wheeled out. You may as well leave when you can and retire on your own terms.<\/p>\n “A lot of athletes have had the chance of not being able to do that because of injuries. I want to be able to retire on my own terms – two or three years is probably realistic.”<\/p>\n Should he manage to play on for three years, he would need another contract, but two years could mean he is in his final NRL<\/a> deal.<\/p>\n Intriguingly, Munster only recently turned down the chance to push for a release to the Perth Bears<\/a> at the end of 2026.<\/p>\n The Storm were said to be willing to consider the option of moving him on, but the departure of Jonah Pezet<\/a> to the Parramatta Eels<\/a>, and then Brisbane Broncos<\/a> in 2027, slammed the door shut on that idea.<\/p>\n