Blues harder to beat without Gallen: Qld 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.