Five questions ahead of the NRL season A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Here are some question I hope the upcoming NRL season will answer. How will the Storm fare in the post-Cameron Smith era? Albeit not confirmed, I think it’s fair to assume the Storm will be without their champion number nine for the 2021 season. Arguably the best player to ever play the game, it will be interesting to see how the Storm deal with it. It’s not as if they aren’t used to greats retiring. Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater have both retired in recent years and the success hasn’t waned – they’ve found handy replacements (Jahrome Hughes and Ryan Papenhuyzen) – and I don’t think they have a bad replacement in a player named Harry Grant.