Cameron Smith believed there was nothing wrong with his changeroom address to the Warriors. In June, coach Stephen Kearney was sacked and then days later the Storm hammered the Warriors 50-6 in Round 7. After the game, cameras caught Smith and Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy addressing their dejected rivals in their changeroom, thanking the Warriors for giving up so much. "We owed them a lot," Smith writes. "That's all I said," Smith writes.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 18, 2020 04:23 UTC