Mal Meninga insists Cameron Munster is a changed man despite the Melbourne playmaker's NRL grand final fine for kicking an opponent's head. Meninga will welcome back Munster to the Kangaroos fold for this month's Tests against New Zealand and Tonga after the Storm pivot escaped suspension and copped a $1400 fine for his season decider "brain explosion". The last time Munster was in the Kangaroos camp Meninga sent him home from the 2017 World Cup campaign to receive some home truths from Storm coach Craig Bellamy after a training dust up with teammate Ben Hunt. But Kangaroos coach Meninga said he had no problem with Munster's green and gold return despite the Melbourne star's "little outburst" in the NRL grand final loss to Sydney Roosters.
Munster received the contrary conduct fine for booting Roosters centre Joey Manu in the head late in the Storm's defeat, ensuring he was sin binned for a record second time in the season decider. On Wednesday night, three days after the grand final, Munster was named Storm's player of the year. He edged out Dale Finucane by five votes, while Cameron Smith was third. Switching from his preferred fullback role, Munster has thrived in the role of Melbourne's chief playmaker in 2018 and produced a career-high 15 try assists.
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