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<\/p>\n\u201cBut we are not putting all our eggs in one basket, worrying about whether we get him or not.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not great media for us going forward as we\u2019ve got them [Parramatta] in round one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Munster didn\u2019t mention the name of his pub, but he was otherwise in fine form as he joined his teammates for the team photo on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
There wasn\u2019t any space left for Lomax to be photoshopped later but the club won\u2019t care if they have him bolstering their attacking stocks.<\/p>\n
Munster praised the Storm\u2019s young talent and said he felt every bit of his age, 31, as he completed preseason training.<\/p>\n
But he also explained comments made recently that he might only have a couple of years left in the game.<\/p>\n
\u2018There\u2019s a lot of guys in the game that have concussion injuries and retired from injuries, I don\u2019t want to be one of them.\u2019<\/p>\n
Cameron Munster<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was more a question about my plans were [at the end of my career],\u201d Munster said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not old in terms of age but footy age, it creeps up on you.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still here and under contract until I\u2019m 33, you just never know until the doors are [closing] around you.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll I meant was that when you are in the great time of your life or peak of your career you want to dictate your terms and retire on your own terms.<\/p>\n
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Melbourne Storm star Cam Munster (bottom middle) during the team photo on Wednesday.Credit: AAPIMAGE<\/p>\n
\u201cI know there\u2019s a lot of guys in the game that have concussion injuries and retired from injuries. I don\u2019t want to be one of them. I don\u2019t want to be one of those guys who get to the stage that they squeeze the lemon so hard that they had to retire because of medical reasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was more an answer on that, not that I\u2019m ready to retire now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Storm second-rower Eli Katoa took his place in the front row of the picture despite being out this season as he recovers from seizure activity following a serious head knock while playing internationally for Tonga in November.<\/p>\n
The Queensland and Australian playmaker called Katoa \u201cinspirational\u201d and revealed the second-rower was mentoring some of the club\u2019s young forwards.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s such a vibe, Eli,\u201d Munster said.<\/p>\n
\u201cRealistically, he shouldn\u2019t be around the club, but that\u2019s just how determined and positive he is within himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got a plan in place. He\u2019s gone ahead in leaps and bounds compared to what probably the doctors and medical professionals thought. But he\u2019s got so many more hurdles to he needs to get past to be able to play, so just to see him around the group, he\u2019s such an integral part of our group.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt just shows how much he loves rugby league and loves this group, he\u2019s even taken some of the younger boys under his wing. That\u2019s a leader, that\u2019s why he\u2019s blossomed into one of the back-rowers and players you want to play with.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s scary to think what happened to him, it was probably no more than three or four months ago. Just to see what he\u2019s doing and what he\u2019s added to the group, it\u2019s just so inspiring and we\u2019re very lucky to have him in our group.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Storm have two preseason games booked with a clash against Canberra Raiders at Queanbeyan on February 13 and against Gold Coast Titans on the Sunshine Coast on February 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBut we are not putting all our eggs in one basket, worrying about whether we get him or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":["post-456880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456880","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=456880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}