Andrew Alderson: Cameron Munster denies biting Paul Alamoti as NRL match review looms

Cameron Munster has vehemently denied biting Penrith’s Paul Alamoti as the Melbourne five-eighth nervously awaits the outcome of the NRL’s match review committee.

Munster will find out on Monday morning if he has been charged by the NRL after he was accused of biting Alamoti in the final 10 minutes of the Storm’s 14-6 grand final defeat on Sunday.

The Melbourne five-eighth was tackled by Alamoti as he attempted to lead his team upfield and the Penrith centre’s arm came across Munster’s face.

Replays were unclear if Munster bit down on Alamoti’s arm.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Right now, Sport and the Andrew Orlison is with us
this morning. Good morning, greetings, right and you're a lot
going on elsewhere, isn't it? That certainly is. But Nral the
Panthers have made it.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
For in a row they have, indeed, and another piece
of history really for Ivan Cleary the coach and his
team and of course son Nathan. But just that team
performance again holding on against Melbourne fourteen six and ye
just part of I mean it hasn't been seen before
in the modern ear. I mean you have to go
back to nineteen sixty six, Saint George eleven in a row,

(00:31):
South Sydney with five in row in nineteen twenty nine.
But this is just rare territory. They've just got such poise,
just seeing last night the defense that the penus side
showed under pressure. There's a couple of controversial moments is
that need to be addressed at some point. Cameron Munsters
is alleged to have been involved in a biting incident

(00:53):
on Paul Alamotti. And also there was a try in
the fiftieth minute that went to the bunk and was
or at least they got across the line. But whether
or they got it down. Was was debated, but that
did appear that the ball seemed to touch the turf.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Did he bite him because apparently the ref said, I
don't know. All I saw was saliva. Did he some
teeth any blood?

Speaker 2 (01:20):
It's just I'm always sort of perplexed by these biting situations.
And you think that's one thing you can keep your
trap shut. I suppose when you're when you're a tackle
or whatever.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
But the last thing I would want to do is
bite somebody. Dear, oh dear, I'm with you. There's no
biting in netball, not that we know of you too
much to go on for that.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
But we've beaten England, that's right, So I mean did
rub a match and in Vicago, but still at least
some Constellation consolation ahead of the Constellation Cup four New
Zealand against Australia. But they've they've beaten England sixty one
fifty six. So England coming back in the third quarter
eighteen fifteen, but New Zealand a fairly firm grip on

(02:00):
that that fixture.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
And Tadanak taking out the n Philly Shield.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
It's gone to Taranaki for the summer. In defending champions
in the n PC. I mean they're looking good again
this year, and Wellington top of the table. I think
Taberlaki's second Tasman there but beating Tasman and they haven't
had the shield since twenty twenty and in that instance
they didn't even get to defend it for a match.
I think it was taken the following week by Targer,
I think from reclection. So getting it for the first

(02:26):
time in four years, no nice.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
I actually watched the game the other day. I don't
know how I came across at Andrew, yes, looking at
it and it was in New Plymouth and the Yarrow Stadium. Yes,
half of it's been renovated, but it just looked like
there was no one that wanted to go watch the rugby.
It's kind of a show. The camera angle was a shame, Yeah,
but I think that was quite good.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Somebody's ever wed describe about their kitch you camera or
I get one hundred people will say that you know
exactly those patches.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Anyway, Andrew, thank you for that. And the AB's squad
announcement today, Yes, isn't it two o'clock? So I'll keep
an eye on that as well for him on ZB
Andrew Ordison with us for Sport This Morning. For more
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