Opinion: There’s a lot of love for Munster in Melbourne right now. He should be applauded for the steps he’s taken, although you sense he had no alternative. But he’s not cured, writes Andrew Webster
The second step is finding yourself in rehab. Not that long ago, an expensive facility in Thailand was the rehab du jour for troubled footballers. Munster found one in Brisbane.
During our interview, Munster revealed how he’d turned his life around: he hadn’t drunk alcohol for 10 weeks and was working with leading Melbourne psychologist“Every time I got off the field I was thinking, ‘F--- this’,” he said. “I went and got drunk and I didn’t tell anyone. I wasn’t drinking every day but every time I got the opportunity, I was always on it. I was hanging around with the wrong people and I’d come into training hungover.
Doubtless, Tripp has the best intentions for Munster, like all his players, but footballers aren’t horses. They might do super-human things on the field but are as fragile as the rest of us off it, perhaps more.Munster is already being tipped to make all the right moves, gobble up all the Dally M points, and lead the Storm to the premiership. But just like Carney, football has never been his problem.
In other words, here’s some inside mail before you bet up, but if you do your cash on the horsies, fear not — we can spot you until payday!The tennis star has been spotted all over Sin City the past few weeks, including back-to-back appearances at Sydney Kings matches at Qudos Bank Arena.
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