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| Cameron Smith |
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| Personal information |
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| Full name | Cameron Smith |
| Nickname | Cam |
| Born | 18 June 1983 (1983-06-18) (age 25) |
| Brisbane, Australia |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) |
| Playing information |
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| Position | Hooker |
| Club |
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2002– | Melbourne Storm | 144 | 24 | 325 | 0 | 746 |
| Representative |
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2003– | Queensland | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 2006– | Australia | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| As of 23 November 2008 |
| Source: Rugby League Project |
Cameron Smith (born 18 June 1983 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League. He is also a regular representative player for Queensland and Australia.
Smith captained the Melbourne Storm in their 34–8 victory over the Manly Sea Eagles in the 2007 NRL Grand Final. Along with playing hooker he is also the first-choice goal kicker for the Melbourne Storm and is left footed.
As a youth Smith was hooker for the Logan Brothers Junior Rugby League Club, Logan City, Queensland.
In August, 2008, Smith was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[1][2] and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man Australia squad.[3]
Cameron was controversially suspended for 2 weeks in the 2008 finals series after a grapple tackle on Brisbane's Sam Thaiday. The suspension would have only beeen one week had he not had carry over points from a previous grapple tackle in round 1 of the years competition. This meant he was suspended for Melbourne's 40-0 loss to Manly in the 2008 grand final.The suspension was blown up by the media after the game and was responsible for the Melbourne Storm CEO, Brian Waldron, and coach, Craig Bellamy, claiming they judiciary had made their mind up before Camerons case was heard. The judiciary panel members then threatened to sue the club if the comments were not retracted. He is now the Melbourne Storm's most experienced playing player due to the retirement of Matt Geyer at the end of 2008. Cameron signed a 4 year extension to his contract in December 2008, resulting in him being a contracted player through to the end of at least the 2012 season. His contract is rumoured to be partly funded by third party sponsors who do not contribute to the standard salary cap.
Cameron has a daughter with his partner born in 2007.
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