Robbie Farah says captaining NSW in State of Origin III a great honour Blues hooker Robbie Farah is desperate for an Origin series victory. Robbie Farah will captain NSW for State of Origin III. ROBBIE Farah will complete one of State of Origin's greatest comeback stories when he leads the Blues on to ANZ Stadium on Wednesday. Farah was dumped from the NSW team after the 2009 series loss and for two long years it looked like he wouldn't get another chance to play Origin football before last year's inspirational return. Farah says leading the Blues out will be the biggest honour of his rugby league life - but the stand-in skipper wants it known Paul Gallen is still the team's spiritual leader. When Farah spoke to The Daily Telegraph this week about the possibility of taking over as captain before Gallen was yesterday ruled out with a foot injury, Farah admitted this would be like nothing else he has done in his life. "It is a great honour just to pull on the jersey but if I was to be given the opportunity to captain the side, it would be an honour you couldn't compare to anything I have ever had," Farah said. But it is only as an acting captain, a stand-in. Gal is our captain here and that won't change. I would be just standing in on the night. But the fact that Farah has put himself in the position to take charge is testament to his courage and unbending self-belief. Even at the start of last year Balmain and Blues legend Steve "Blocker" Roach led a public debate questioning if Farah was tough enough to handle an Origin return - and Farah only got his call-up by default after Danny Buderus and Michael Ennis were injured in the lead up to the 2012 series. But after getting his shot at redemption, Farah hasn't looked back. He more than held his own in the Origin opener before he produced one of the great performances for the Blues with his heroic 63-tackle effort in game two in Sydney - that came just days before his mother Sonia lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. In the toughest year of his life Farah provided inspiration to every rugby league fan and he recalled this week how that adversity has made him a stronger man. "Definitely, it definitely has," Farah said. When you are faced with different sorts of things I guess you can either curl up in a ball and have a cry about it or you just get on with it. I got an opportunity last year thanks to Stick (Ricky Stuart) and I knew I had to make the most of it. I just had to open all your eyes up a little bit. I never doubted myself or changed the belief I had in myself. The way Farah handled himself in such adversity answered all the questions that could ever be asked about his toughness - and NSW couldn't want for a more courageous leader to be taking over from the injured Gallen. There's no question when Farah leads the Blues out on Wednesday night every Blues fan will remember all he has overcome in the last year and that can only make us all cheer a little harder. He admits the memory of his mother remains his motivation. "I don't like dwelling on it or going back, but the last game Mum watched me play was in a sky blue jersey," Farah said. That is why this jersey means so much to me and that is why I want to wear this jersey for as long as I am playing footy.