Souths were chasing six straight wins and for the opening hour on this wet Friday night looked ready to celebrate skipper Adam Reynolds' 200th game in style NRL2020
But Smith, like he has done for most of his brilliant career, turned the game when he somehow rifled a pass out of dummy-half for big Tino Faasuamaleaui to level the scores.
Smith, 37, has the rugby league world guessing whether he will play on. It will be come as a bigger shock if he doesn't retire. The little halfback was filthy with the shot and was forced from the field for a head injury assessment.Souths were up for the fight from the opening whistle and were determined to prove they could continue their hot streak without Latrell Mitchell.
Bennett was not too concerned about the Smith pass for Faasuamaleaui, and said: "I didn't think it was the turning point in the game. The amount of mistakes we made [was the turning point].''
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