{"id":818085,"date":"2026-07-23T05:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818085\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:23:13","slug":"nrl-2026-cameron-munster-granted-permission-to-speak-with-png-chiefs-melbourne-storm-transfer-news-whispers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818085\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Cameron Munster granted permission to speak with PNG Chiefs, Melbourne Storm, transfer news, whispers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PNG Chiefs have set their sights on Cam Munster, with the Storm reportedly granting the superstar playmaker a window to speak with the NRL\u2019s 19th franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Munster, who is currently sidelined with a knee injury, has been cleared by the Storm to discuss a potential deal with Chiefs brass. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fox League\u2019s Braith Anasta, who also acts as a player agent to several players including Munster, revealed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/cameron-maroons-captain-in-talks-with-png-chiefs-after-storm-green-light\/news-story\/be9aee7c4b84e5798faabc7337a69ed6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Code Sports <\/a>that the Chiefs are interested.<\/p>\n<p>Munster\u2019s current deal runs until the end of next season, meaning he can negotiate with rival clubs on November 1, but the Storm are willing to let the rep star talk to the Chiefs before the free agency window opens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without Latrell, they can&#8217;t win a comp&#8221; | 02:02<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a level of interest from PNG,\u201d Anasta told Code Sports. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been in constant communication with Melbourne and Melbourne have the greatest of respect for Cam. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had some dialogue with PNG but remain completely open to Cameron finishing his career at Melbourne.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs have already inked Jarome Luai and Alex Johnston to a deal while Zac Lomax is reportedly in talks with PNG as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The PNG Chiefs have set their sights on Cam Munster, with the Storm reportedly granting the superstar playmaker&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-818085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818085","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=818085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}