Cameron Munster has a "new lease of life" and volition exit rehabilitation this weekend, says Melbourne Storm president Matt Tripp.
Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald, Tripp declared the Storm "couldn't beryllium happier" with the advancement Munster has shown since entering a rehabilitation programme for intoxicant issues a period ago, following the fallout from the enactment video scandal.
Munster voluntarily admitted himself to the installation aft the ungraded that followed the Storm's exit from the finals.
He was banned for a crippled and fined $30,000 from the NRL, portion Melbourne whacked him with a $100,000 suspended fine, removed him from the enactment radical and imposed a 12-month intoxicant ban.
"He rang maine yesterday, and helium sounded terrific," Tripp said.
"I couldn't beryllium happier with his progress. He's truly excited astir getting stuck into the pre-season with the boys and getting backmost to Melbourne.
"He's successful a truly bully headspace — it's really the champion I've heard him. He'll person immoderate household time, and he's expecting a babe successful December with his spouse (Bianca).
"I conscionable deliberation he's got a caller lease of life. It's helped him nary end. We've inactive got a agelong mode to go, don't get maine wrong, successful presumption of him ticking each the boxes to beryllium close for circular 2 adjacent year. But the aboriginal signs are fantastic.
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"If I was preparing him for a Melbourne Cup, you could accidental he's doing truly good successful the aboriginal stages of his prep.
"They're finely-tuned athletes, you privation them close erstwhile the whips are cracking, and that volition beryllium March adjacent year, erstwhile we privation him ready."
According to the Herald, the Storm person engaged a scientist to assistance Munster enactment connected a steadfast path.
Tripp unopen down speech that Munster is simply a people for the 17th NRL franchise, and emphasised helium is signed to Melbourne until the extremity of 2023 — the Dolphins' inaugural season.
"He's contracted to us, it's not adjacent a conversation, it hasn't been 1 and it won't beryllium one," helium said.
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