CAMERON Munster says Melbourne were “kicking cans and being victims” during their seven match losing streak because changes to the way the NRL was played amounted to “not football”.
The Queensland Origin captain opened up about the Storm’s early-season woes during an ABC interview following their second consecutive victory, 34-8 at Suncorp Stadium during Magic Round.
“I know defence wins games but at the moment, with the way the six-agains are going, it’s attack, attack, attack,” Munster said.
“You can’t afford to be sitting back and playing negative footy because teams can score points now.
“You look at all the score lines – they’re big score lines.
“So yeah, obviously the six-agains are here to stay so we need to adapt. And I think we didn’t do that for that five or six week period. I think we were kicking cans and being victims and I was probably being a victim too – ‘oh this is not what we want to do, this is not football’.
“At the end of the day, that’s the product the NRL wants and that’s just something we’ve got to adapt to – and we have. We bit hard on the mouthguard and worked hard as a group and that’s all you can do.”
Munster will be among the first players picked by Queensland for Origin on May 27 despite the Storm’s lean patch.
“Sometimes you need to get away from clubland to be rejuvenated and have some fresh air but after you’ve had the two wins, there’s a skip in your step and you’re really looking forward to camp,” he said.
“We just defended our errors. We’re scrambling really well, defending for each other.”
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