{"id":7433,"date":"2020-12-09T02:10:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T03:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7433"},"modified":"2020-12-09T04:22:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T04:22:15","slug":"storm-owner-drops-smith-retirement-bombshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7433","title":{"rendered":"Storm owner drops Smith retirement bombshell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cameron Smith's time in Melbourne Storm is over according to Storm part-owner and director Gerry Ryan.<\/p>\n

Smith, who's yet to make a call on his playing future for next season<\/a>, is understood to be in the process of relocating his family to his home state of Queensland.<\/p>\n

Ryan revealed he's confident Smith will ultimately make the decision to "hang the boots up" as he's inundated with job offers across both the NRL and AFL.<\/a><\/p>\n

"Cameron hasn't come out and said to us," Ryan told SEN<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"<\/p>\n

"So, no, he's played his last game at Melbourne and I think he'll retire.<\/p>\n

"He's had lots of offers to be with us in an adviser capacity. I'm sure the (Brisbane) Broncos would like to see him go back.<\/p>\n

"He's going to live in Queensland. So, what options up there? AFL clubs will chase him down for leadership roles.<\/p>\n

"The great man, I think he's realised it's time to hang the boots up, and what a great career."<\/p>\n

Pressed further on the situation, Ryan doubled down on his comments when he admitted he wouldn't be afraid to put money on the NRL legend calling it a day.<\/p>\n

"Not that I have a little bet every now and then, I'd put some money on it," he added.<\/p>\n

\"Cameron<\/p>\n

When an official statement from Storm champion comes in remains to be seen, but Smith last month revealed he had pinpointed the Christmas period as the timeframe for his decision.<\/p>\n

"I've just been trying to enjoy that, relax with the family, and over the next little bit before Christmas, that will be the time I will have to make my decision whether I'm playing or whether I'm not," Smith said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cameron Smith's time in Melbourne Storm is over according to Storm part-owner and director Gerry Ryan. Smith, who's yet to make a call on his […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7435,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7433\/revisions\/7435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}