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Cameron Smith says New South Wales will be tougher to beat in the Origin decider without Paul Gllen
QUEENSLAND Origin captain Cameron Smith has warned his team that the loss of injured NSW counterpart Paul Gallen will make the Blues harder to beat in Wednesday's State of Origin decider.
Smith had nothing but praise for the inspirational Gallen on Monday and rated him a huge loss for NSW.
But he feared his forced withdrawal from game three at ANZ Stadium had created new threats to Queensland's seven-year series dominance.
He revealed he voiced his concerns to coach Mal Meninga as soon as Gallen pulled out on Friday with his foot injury, when Blues coach Laurie Daley countered by calling young forwards Aaron Woods and debutant Boyd Cordner into his team.
"If anything it's probably going to be even harder," said Smith.
"I think you see a lot of teams when they lose a senior player they share the workload and they know that they have to play even better to make sure that his loss isn't felt as much as everyone thinks."
Smith was not downplaying Gallen's contribution to his team but also believed the addition of Woods and Corner for a player battling injury would make NSW more mobile.
"There's no doubt he (Gallen) is a huge loss. He's their captain and he's a guy that it doesn't matter what situation their team is in, he puts his hand up to do plenty of work," Smith said.
"He finishes the State of Origin every time he plays with 20-plus carries, he's up around the 30-tackle mark.
"But we've had a bit of a chat about his withdrawal.
"We're not taking that lightly. We don't think they are an easier side to play against because Paul Gallen is out.
"If anything its probably made them a bit more mobile.
"We knew if Paul Gallen played he wasn't going to be 100 per cent fit, but now they've got Aaron Woods and Boyd Cordner. who are both 100 per cent fit, so they are going to be ready to play.
"They are both playing really good football, they are both in form for their respective clubs, so if I anything we need to be even more on our game now."
Meanwhile Smith didn't agree with his Melbourne club coach Craig Bellamy that the Origin series should be comprised of stand-alone games on weekends with the NRL put on hold.
The veteran hooker was concerned about player burnout if extra weeks were added to the season.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...thout-paul-gllen/story-fni3fqyo-1226679602502
This article includes a preview with Andrew Ryan:
QUEENSLAND Origin captain Cameron Smith has warned his team that the loss of injured NSW counterpart Paul Gallen will make the Blues harder to beat in Wednesday's State of Origin decider.
Smith had nothing but praise for the inspirational Gallen on Monday and rated him a huge loss for NSW.
But he feared his forced withdrawal from game three at ANZ Stadium had created new threats to Queensland's seven-year series dominance.
He revealed he voiced his concerns to coach Mal Meninga as soon as Gallen pulled out on Friday with his foot injury, when Blues coach Laurie Daley countered by calling young forwards Aaron Woods and debutant Boyd Cordner into his team.
"If anything it's probably going to be even harder," said Smith.
"I think you see a lot of teams when they lose a senior player they share the workload and they know that they have to play even better to make sure that his loss isn't felt as much as everyone thinks."
Smith was not downplaying Gallen's contribution to his team but also believed the addition of Woods and Corner for a player battling injury would make NSW more mobile.
"There's no doubt he (Gallen) is a huge loss. He's their captain and he's a guy that it doesn't matter what situation their team is in, he puts his hand up to do plenty of work," Smith said.
"He finishes the State of Origin every time he plays with 20-plus carries, he's up around the 30-tackle mark.
"But we've had a bit of a chat about his withdrawal.
"We're not taking that lightly. We don't think they are an easier side to play against because Paul Gallen is out.
"If anything its probably made them a bit more mobile.
"We knew if Paul Gallen played he wasn't going to be 100 per cent fit, but now they've got Aaron Woods and Boyd Cordner. who are both 100 per cent fit, so they are going to be ready to play.
"They are both playing really good football, they are both in form for their respective clubs, so if I anything we need to be even more on our game now."
Meanwhile Smith didn't agree with his Melbourne club coach Craig Bellamy that the Origin series should be comprised of stand-alone games on weekends with the NRL put on hold.
The veteran hooker was concerned about player burnout if extra weeks were added to the season.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...thout-paul-gllen/story-fni3fqyo-1226679602502
This article includes a preview with Andrew Ryan:
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Cannot wait! 18 rows back in Blatchys Blues this time around, the atmosphere will be electric.
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they wont be able to keep reynolds out next year, with more finals experience with souths this year he will be ready to dominate qld
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NSW should lose to be the end of Pearce...
May God help us all if NSW wins, Pearce will have a mortgage on the 7 Jersey and Farah will always be bragging that he was the Captain that broke the drought... And don't get me started on Daley...
May God help us all if NSW wins, Pearce will have a mortgage on the 7 Jersey and Farah will always be bragging that he was the Captain that broke the drought... And don't get me started on Daley...
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It might be easier if you just went for QLD
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LOL... I do... I have always been a QLD supporter...
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You thinking of knee capping him? haha
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Then you should be happy pearce got picked!
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There is no illegal plays in Origin. You might get sin binned for that.
Seriously he could get injured in general play.
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