Christian Welch has been medically retired due to an ongoing debilitating back injury, bringing down the curtain on a 163-game career.

NRL season rapidly approaching, we take a thorough look at each of the teams battling it out for the premiership title.

The off-contract Smith, who had his first run ... assessed his options before returning to Queensland. However the lure of reuniting with his first NRL club was too hard to resist and Hunt opted ...