Cameron Smith contract drama finally put to bed

Melbourne say there's no question that Cameron Smith will be playing for the Storm next year's NRL. Smith is on an extended family holiday, spending Christmas overseas, which leaves just a few days before his scheduled return to training at the club on January 3. But Storm football manager Frank Ponissi
said the parties would get the deal done. "We know a contract will be done," Ponissi told AAP. "It's still ongoing but everything's really positive and it's not a matter of whether or not he will play next year; he will be playing. "This is the biggest break Cameron's ever had. When he comes back he will have had three months off which will revitalise him."