Melbourne Storm skipper Cameron Smith last night declared the NRL must do more to retain its star players as Israel Folau continues to contemplate his future in the code. ''I hear people at the top of our game say that young stars will keep coming through but I haven't seen another Sonny Bill Williams come through since he left. He's left a massive hole in our game,'' an emotional Smith said. ''I don't know what way the NRL need to go about keeping all of our young stars or our older stars in the game, but I think they need to do something. You just can't let blokes like Israel Folau leave the game - he's only 22. I don't know whether it's increasing rep payments or what it is but I think we need to be working harder to keep those good players. We just can't keep letting them leave our code to go to other codes or overseas. ''You want to play against the best players in the world and I know the fans want to see all the great players play our game as well.'' http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...the-exodus-of-star-players-20100501-u0dx.html
