Will Smith (born 3 July 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans, Parramatta Eels and the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, Hull FC in the English Super League and the Indigenous All Stars. Background Smith was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and is an Indigenous Australian. He played his junior football for the Western Suburbs Rosellas in the Newcastle Rugby League. He was then signed by the Newcastle Knights. Playing career Early career From 2010 to 2012, Smith played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team. On 28 May 2012, he re-signed with the Newcastle club on a one-year contract. In 2013, he moved on to Newcastle's New South Wales Cup team. On 25 June 2013, he signed a two-year contract with the Penrith Panthers starting in 2014. 2014 In Round 21 of the 2014 NRL season, Smith made his NRL debut for the Penrith club against Canterbury-Bankstown replacing the injured Peter Wallace. He would go on to play eight games for the Penrith club at five-eighth that year, including two games in the finals. On 21 September, he was named at five-eighth in the 2014 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year. 2015 On 31 January and 1 February 2015, Smith played for Penrith in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines. He finished off the season playing nine games for the Penrith club scoring two tries and kicking four goals. 2016 On 13 February, Smith played for the Indigenous All Stars against the World All Stars. He was named in the Penrith 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad. In November, it was announced that he would be joining the Parramatta Eels in 2017. 2017 Smith made his club debut for Parramatta in round 9 of the 2017 season, playing at five-eighth against the North Queensland Cowboys and scoring a try. On 5 July 2017, Smith resigned with the club on a one-year extension due to good form. With Clint Gutherson and Bevan French injured, Smith moved to fullback and the end of the season, and finished the year of strongly playing 15 games (including two finals) and scoring six tries. In the elimination final match against the North Queensland Cowboys, Smith went from hero to villain in the space of 80 minutes. In the first half, Smith