{"id":387629,"date":"2024-04-24T02:01:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T02:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=387629"},"modified":"2024-04-24T04:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T04:03:30","slug":"smith-disappointed-storm-wouldnt-block-stars-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=387629","title":{"rendered":"Smith: 'Disappointed' Storm wouldn't block star's exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

M\ufeffelbourne<\/a> legend Cameron Smith<\/a> believes his club wouldn't block Jahrome Hughes<\/a>' exit if he wanted to move interstate for family reasons.<\/p>\n

The suggestion was first floated by Queensland great Corey Parker on radio this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Parker heard "rumblings" that the halfback and his wife were keen to move back to southern Queensland to be closer to family.<\/p>\n

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Hughes, 29, played for the Titans and Cowboys before heading south to join the Storm\ufeff in 2017, where he has now cemented himself as one of the NRL's premier playmakers.<\/p>\n

While Smith is confident the Kiwi international will remain in the Victorian capital, he can empathise with the desire to be closer to home.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Cameron<\/p>\n

"I completely understand the thinking of wanting to be closer to family as far as wanting to start their own family and being around support, because I lived down there (in Melbourne) for 20 years when I started my own family and it's difficult, it's challenging," Smith told SEN radio on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

"I ran into him the other night\u2026 he seems pretty settled. I know his wife as well, caught up with them at the start of the year actually and they seemed really happy.<\/p>\n

"I understand the want to come back home, we'll watch this space."<\/p>\n

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Following Parker's revelations on Monday, Melbourne immediately moved to quash the speculation\ufeff.<\/p>\n

The Storm are trying to extend Hughes' contract – which expires at the end of 2026 and is worth about $800,000 a year – by a further two seasons.<\/p>\n

\ufeffWhile the club wants to keep him, Smith is confident the Storm wouldn't deprive the player of being closer to family.<\/p>\n

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The club's last long-term champion halfback – \ufeffCooper Cronk – left Melbourne in 2017 in order to start a life in Sydney with his wife Tara.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"They'd be disappointed, there's no doubt about that because he's an extremely important part of that football club and he's a wonderful club person and (his wife) is heavily involved in the footy club as well," Smith said.<\/p>\n

"They're a club that has never stood in the way of guys wanting to make decisions for personal reasons.<\/p>\n

"If he went there with a legitimate reason to get back home, I don't think they're going to stand in his way."<\/p>\n

After starting life at the Storm as a utility and fill-in fullback, Hughes was handed the No.7 jumper full-time in 2020 and led the club to the premiership.<\/p>\n

He has played 131 NRL games for the club to date.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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