Cameron Munster has been kicked retired of Melbourne's enactment radical and indispensable abstain from intoxicant for 12 months successful pugnacious sanctions imposed by his club.
Munster is 1 of 3 Storm players - alongside Brandon Smith and Chris Lewis - fined and suspended for 1 crippled by the NRL today for being successful a leaked video past week that showed a achromatic substance connected a array successful the country they were in.
Munster copped a $30,000 good from the NRL but past his nine came down overmuch harder with their ain acceptable of penalties for the incident.
The Storm announced Munster has received a $100,000 suspended fine, has been kicked retired of the enactment group, and indispensable not portion intoxicant for a year, effectual immediately.
In addition, Munster volition participate a four-week rehabilitation programme to woody with intoxicant problems and indispensable abide by "additional behavioural conditions" which the nine did not specify.
Munster, 27, is known arsenic a rugby league larrikin and has forged a stellar vocation astatine the Storm contempt breaking the mould of subordinate manager Craig Bellamy famously relishes.
During the 2017 World Cup, Munster was sent location from Kangaroos campy by nationalist manager Mal Meninga pursuing an altercation with Australian teammate Ben Hunt.
He faced the wrath of Bellamy erstwhile helium returned to his nine but survived that faux pas, and implicit the years since has transformed himself capable to beryllium included successful the Melbourne enactment group... until now.
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Media reports since the achromatic pulverization video surfaced person suggested the Storm are opening to turn bushed of the mercurial five-eighth.
It's alleged the nine was unhappy with Munster openly revealing his tendency to determination location to Queensland and play for the NRL enlargement team successful 2023.
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He is present 1 of the Storm's highest paid players and inactive has 2 years to tally connected a woody said to beryllium worthy astir $1 cardinal a season.
Munster has endured a pugnacious 2021 personally, precocious revealing a miscarriage with his partner, Bianca, and the decease of her mother.
Munster and his spouse are presently expecting their archetypal child.
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