Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Smith ya fara buga wasan kulob dinsa a Parramatta a zagaye na 9 na kakar 2017
, wasa a biyar-takwas da North Queensland Cowboys da kuma ci kokarin. A ranar 5 ga Yuli 2017, Smith ya yi murabus tare da kulob din a kan tsawaita shekara guda saboda kyakkyawan tsari. Tare da Clint Gutherson da Bevan Faransanci da suka ji rauni, Smith ya koma fullback da ƙarshen kakar wasa, kuma ya gama shekara da wasa 15 da karfi (ciki har da wasan karshe biyu) da kuma zira kwallaye shida. A wasan karshe da aka yi da North Queensland Cowboys, Smith ya tafi daga gwarzo zuwa mugun mutum a cikin minti 80. A farkon rabin, Smith ya zira kwallaye na tsawon filin don yin ƙidayar 10-6 a rabin lokaci zuwa Parramatta. A rabi na biyu, dan wasan North Queensland Michael Morgan ya sanya bam na yau da kullun, a wasan da ya biyo baya Smith ya bar kwallon ya yi tsalle kuma bai yi ƙoƙarin kama shi ba. Smith ya kama kwallon a karo na biyu amma dan wasan North Queensland John Asiata ya yi tsere a baya kuma ya sace kwallon daga Smith don zira kwallaye. Wannan ya canza saurin wasan kuma North Queensland ya ci nasara 24-16.