Ahead of the Melbourne Storm’s Round 3 matchup at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday against the Newcastle Knights, Frank Ponissi, General Manager of Football for the Club, has provided an update on the team’s injured players.

Prior to Storm’s impending Round 4 bye, Cameron Munster will miss one more round in order to get ready to possibly play at full strength when the Melbourne team takes the field at AAMI Park in April.

He’s drawing nearer. We really hope he’ll be back for the Broncos game on Thursday of next week, given the bye next weekend. As Ponissi put it

Following an additional week off the field,

Nelson is once again planning to return to the field of play following another week off. has been out of the game for a

few weeks due to a hamstring injury, but he is back to full training and will try to play this weekend with the Sunshine Coast Falcons, the Club’s  Cup feeder team.

With Storm feeder team the Northern Sydney Bears, had an exciting comeback to football at the start of the season and scored a hat-trick last week. Unfortunately, late in the game, the junior for the Northern Thunder also sustained an ankle injury.

“He’s been outstanding…This weekend, Craig was going to bench him, according to .

“We’re hoping he’ll return for the Broncos game as well. It’ll be close, but if he’s not available, it will definitely be the next game.”