Should Cameron Smith retire as expected,there is only one player who could somehow overtake his remarkable record 430 NRL games.
The same club that nurtured Billy Slater,Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk now has another'big three'in Cameron Munster,Ryan Papenhuyzen and Harry Grant.
The Storm star has detailed his record-breaking career in a book launched on Monday. But his immediate future on the pitch is still up in the air.
The former Queensland halfback selected nine of his Maroons teammates who featured throughout the state's period of dominance in his greatest 17.
Cameron Smith has joined John Sattler,Sam Burgess and Cooper Cronk as stars who have played through the pain in a grand final due to a serious injury.
Cameron Smith led Melbourne Storm to the premiership despite having pain-killing injections before every game for the last two months because of a chronic shoulder injury.
Melbourne may have won the grand final but we are still none the wiser about whether Cameron Smith will call time on his illustrious career.
Cameron Smith was critical of the grandstand finish that was set up by the sin-binning of Jahrome Hughes late in Sunday's NRL grand final.
Cameron Smith scored a try and finished with a personal tally of 14 points to secure a fairytale finish if he decides to retire.
The former Knights player has made peace with what happened in the moments after his life was changed forever by a tackle at Melbourne’s AAMI Park in 2014
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