Storm celebrity Cameron Munster has revealed “animosity” in feedback made by Wayne Bennett is why he didn’t name the legendary coach to tell him of his resolution to reject the Dolphins.
That is regardless of the 28-year-old admitting in October that “there’s no excuses” and he “should have given him (Bennett) a call.”
Meanwhile, Storm prop Christian Welch has jumped to the defence of his teammate — and hit out at Bennett — after Munster’s dealing with of negotiations was as soon as once more criticised.
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Munster rejected a four-year, $5.6 million supply from the Dolphins to re-sign with the Storm on a four-year, $4 million deal in October.
Bennett learnt of the choice by way of the media and didn’t maintain again in an explosive interview with Triple M the next day.
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“It’s pretty ordinary stuff… That is a tough phone call, it’s a phone call none of us want to make but you want to be a man, you have got to behave like one,” Bennett mentioned on Rush Hour with Leisel Jones, Liam and Dobbo.
Munster initially regretted not calling Bennett earlier than the news broke, admitting to Channel 9 in October he “should have given him a call.”
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“It’s disappointing,” Munster mentioned after touching down within the UK for the World Cup.
“I have a really good relationship with Wayne, and I don’t know if I’ve made it any worse… there’s no excuses, I should have given him a call.
“I definitely will give him a call. I think that’s the respectful thing to do.”
But it appears the Kangaroos playmaker by no means made that telephone name — and has since backflipped on that stance in an interview with Channel 7 on Saturday.
“I felt like it was pretty disappointing (Bennett’s comments) and (there) probably was a little bit of animosity towards it so that’s one of the reasons why I haven’t decided to ring him,” Munster mentioned.
“I just didn’t like the way they went about it and probably threw my name in the media — it was pretty disrespected — and saying I wasn’t man enough to ring him.
“I had every intention to but after those comments we felt like it was in our best interest to just leave it alone.”
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Fox Sports journalist Sam Squiers was vital of Munster following the interview, tweeting that she “still can’t believe Munster didn’t call Wayne before it was announced, it was the respectable thing to do.”
But Welch was fast to show the blowtorch onto Bennett for starting his pursuit of Munster earlier than he turned a free agent.
“If we’re talking about admirable and respect, the approach pre Nov 1 didn’t show much of either. It’s a two-way street… I’d say not a lot shown to the Storm or NRL contracting rules to start,” Welch tweeted.
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