{"id":420695,"date":"2026-05-10T10:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/420695\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T10:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:16:10","slug":"harry-grant-praises-cameron-munster-silences-doubters-and-critics-sua-faalogo-injury-update-craig-bellamy-melbourne-storm-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/420695\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Grant praises Cameron Munster, silences doubters and critics, Sua Fa\u2019alogo injury update, Craig Bellamy, Melbourne Storm, nrl news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melbourne Storm skipper Harry Grant has praised the performance of teammate and friend Cameron Munster as the club cruised to a 28-point victory over the Wests Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After seven consecutive losses, the Storm were finally able to break their losing streak on Sunday afternoon and were back to their absolute best with the spine performing at an elite level.<\/p>\n

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The victory also ends the constant criticism that Munster has received over the past couple of months with some people calling for him to be moved on and being past his prime as an NRL playmaker.<\/p>\n

His spot in Queensland\u2019s Origin line-up for the series opener has also come into question to the surprise of Matty Johns.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been a bit of talk about whether Munster will be picked for Origin… it\u2019d just be diabolical (if they don\u2019t pick him),\u201d Johns said on \u2018Sunday Night with Matty Johns\u2019.<\/p>\n

Scoring two tries and providing a lethal combination with Jahrome Hughes in attack, Munster put a halt to the outside noise concerning his form.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s one of the harshest critics of himself. He really demands a lot from himself and I think sometimes he really tries to bring other people into the game,\u201d Grant said post-match.<\/p>\n

\u201cCam Munster is the strength of the team when he gets his game on and I think he\u2019s the ultimate competitor and I think he\u2019s just shown that over the last little bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think today we had some people inside and outside that got their roles done that really helped him play his game and perform to the level that we know he can.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people are pretty quick to jump to criticism. I sort of steer clear from it and fingers crossed he has and I guess he knows how good he is.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to just keep reminding him of that and hopefully bring that (success) to our team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relief for Bellamy after victory | 08:05<\/p>\n

As Grant praised his five-eighth, coach Craig Bellamy declared the hooker as \u201cinspirational\u201d having helped lead them to their first win in eight matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought his [Harry Grant] game was inspirational to be quite honest,\u201d Bellamy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a bit knocked around as well and I thought Hughesy and Mun just had a bit of a look in their eye where (it was like) okay, we\u2019re going to take control of this and we\u2019ll see the 80 minutes out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bellamy provided an update on the condition of fullback Sua Fa\u2019alogo who departed the field in the opening half.<\/p>\n

While he will automatically be unavailable for next week due to failing his HIA, there are fears he could spend more than one match on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the worst case scenario (is) he might have a fractured cheekbone,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes they\u2019re fractured and they move out of place. Other times it\u2019s just like a hairline so hopefully it\u2019s just that.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, he seems okay, so he\u2019ll go and have a scan and then we\u2019ll know for sure from there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm skipper Harry Grant has praised the performance of teammate and friend Cameron Munster as the club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-420695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}