Melbourne hooker Harry Grant provided a lethal one-two punch with fellow rake Brandon Smith last year, but it is how he evolves his game this season after Smith's exit that has the Storm excited.
Three years ago the club had one of the game's greatest ever players in skipper Cameron Smith, New Zealand hooker Brandon Smith and a young Grant on the books.
Rarely in the history of rugby league has a team been blessed with such riches in the No.9, so much so that Grant was loaned out to Wests Tigers in 2020 to get some NRL experience.
Now he is flying solo as the undisputed number one Storm hooker after Cameron Smith retired at the end of 2020 and Brandon Smith joined the Sydney Roosters at the completion of last season.
