MUNSTER: STORM CAN SURGE AHEAD

MELBOURNE sensation Cameron Munster believes the super successful Storm can go to another level.

The Rockhampton product drove back to Melbourne last week after spending the NRL season shutdown in Queensland, a stay that included a once-in-a-lifetime round of golf with US Masters champion Adam Scott.

While Munster didn't use the Noosa Springs round to pick the brain of the world No.6, he returned to Victoria in top shape determined to continue the Storm's winning start to 2020.

“My manager (Shaun Pyne) went to school with one of his good mates," Munster said of Scott. "We didn’t really talk about rugby league or golf too much. I was just asking him how he’s going during isolation with his family.

“He was a good guy to talk to and was happy to have a beer after it, which was pleasing. He was a normal bloke and not like one of those snobby golfers.

“I was a bit starstruck. He shot seven-under and I was 10over (82). I went terrible for the first two holes. I was rattled.”

The Maroons Origin star spent a month in southeast Queensland and his hometown of Rocky before returning to Melbourne last week.

Munster recorded a personal best in fitness tests in Albury on Wednesday and said he was determined to help the Storm clinch this year's premiership after their 2-0 start to the season.

“I think we can go up to another level," he said.

“A lot of people will be talking about the adversity this year and seeing who comes through the other side. That’s something we’ve been really motivated about.

“People will put a question mark on me – will Cameron Munster be able to win a competition without the big three (Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk) around? That really drives me to make sure I can do something like that."