{"id":963001,"date":"2026-11-13T12:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/963001\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T12:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:52:13","slug":"nrl-news-2026-braith-anasta-reveals-sydney-clubs-are-chasing-cameron-munster-storm-future-contract-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/963001\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news 2026: Braith Anasta reveals Sydney clubs are chasing Cameron Munster, Storm future, contract talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Braith Anasta<\/a> has revealed there is \u201ca lot of interest\u201d from Sydney clubs around Cameron Munster<\/a>, who is weighing up a move away from Melbourne.<\/p>\n

As he prepares for a Rugby League World Cup<\/a> final on Sunday night, the 32-year-old\u2019s contract situation has remained a hot topic.<\/p>\n

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Cameron Munster.\u00a0NRL Imagery<\/p>\n

Munster is one of many high-profile Kangaroos<\/a> players who hit the open market at the start of this month for the 2028 season and beyond.<\/p>\n

The most notable is Sam Walker<\/a>, whose messy dispute with the Roosters has forced him to start looking for a new home immediately.<\/p>\n

Anasta, who managed Munster until a few months ago<\/a> but remains close with the playmaker, has now weighed in on the Storm playmaker\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Speaking on BTFU\u2019s 180 Podcast on Friday night, Anasta spoke candidly about the looming contract call and where Munster\u2019s future could lie.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s gone under the radar a little bit. Obviously I used to manage Cameron, and I\u2019m still close with him. I talk to him every week. I\u2019m across the situation of course, it would be stupid to think otherwise,\u201d the former NSW Blues star said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMelbourne are still keen to have him. The deal is not amazing but it\u2019s decent. There\u2019s a lot of interest from Sydney clubs that people don\u2019t know about. <\/p>\n

\u201cI heard a report a few weeks ago that he wouldn\u2019t go to Sydney \u2013 of course he would, I can say that right now. There\u2019s rumours around the Roosters, even a few murmurs around Souths, I won\u2019t name the other teams. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happens with Sam [Walker] and Matt Burton could dictate what happens with Cameron<\/a>. Melbourne he loves, he wants to stay there, but it\u2019s not where it needs to be right now and there is interest [elsewhere]. <\/p>\n

\u201cCameron knows nothing about what Justin Caines his manager at Searoo Sports is doing \u2026 he actually hasn\u2019t told him what\u2019s going on, because he wants him to go and play footy. We\u2019ve told him nothing, just focus on winning the World Cup. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at what other players are on and you look at the Australian five-eighth, one of the best players on the field on the weekend and still the Queensland captain on similar money \u2026 it doesn\u2019t make sense to me. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s taken a lot less to be loyal, but he\u2019s at a point now where I can openly say that he won\u2019t be staying for the loyalty anymore, he\u2019s done his time.\u201d<\/p>\n

With more than 250 first grade matches and two premierships to his name, not to mention multiple State of Origin series triumphs, Munster is one of the game\u2019s most accomplished stars and could attract a seven-figure salary.<\/p>\n

There had been criticism around Munster\u2019s form in 2026 as the Storm missed out on the finals, but there were extenuating circumstances involved.<\/p>\n

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Cameron Munster in Kangaroos camp.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Melbourne were without Eliesa Katoa<\/a> and Xavier Coates for the entire season and spent periods without Jahrome Hughes and other key personnel.<\/p>\n

Bulldogs premiership winner Reni Maitua has lashed criticism of Munster\u2019s form this year and believes the offer from the Storm was below his value.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone\u2019s talking about him like he\u2019s over the hill and he\u2019s done,\u201d Maitua said. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou think about the amount of injuries they had this year, he never had a defender inside or outside him that he trusts, so his defence was a little bit off. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s one thing about Cameron is he competes in every game, whether they lose or he has a bad game, he competes on everything. <\/p>\n

\u201cI heard Cameron got offered $750,000 and I was disgusted. It\u2019s disrespectful to me, he\u2019s taken unders for years at that club.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anasta echoed those sentiments and pointed to Reece Walsh<\/a>\u2019s performances in the World Cup as further proof of Munster\u2019s value.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the thing with Cameron, he\u2019s a competitor \u2013 he didn\u2019t have the best year, but Melbourne didn\u2019t have a good year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were vulnerabilities all around that side and they really struggled and he did too off the back of that, but he goes into the Australian team and you see how he\u2019s performed with a good pack. <\/p>\n

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Cameron Munster celebrates against Samoa.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing with players like Cameron, DCE [Daly Cherry-Evans] and Reyno [Adam Reynolds] at the back-end of their careers, but can still go and win comps, is they\u2019ve got experience and they know what it takes to win big games and get the best out of players around them and Reece is a great example.<\/p>\n

\u201cReece hasn\u2019t played like this since last year, because Cameron knows how to get him the ball and when to get him the ball at the right times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australia will meet New Zealand in the RLWC decider on Sunday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Braith Anasta has revealed there is \u201ca lot of interest\u201d from Sydney clubs around Cameron Munster, who is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":963002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-963001","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\/963001","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=963001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/963002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}