Josh Rakic-SMH | October 11, 2009

New Zealand skipper Benji Marshall has sent an ominous warning to Tigers teammate Robbie Farah as the two prepare to face off against each other for the first time in their careers: friendship means nothing.

Farah is all but set to make his international debut after being selected in Tim Sheens's touring squad for this month's Four Nations. But Marshall told The Sun-Herald should the two meet he'll be doing everything in his power to make sure his club captain's experience is just as painful as his ill-fated State of Origin II match for the Blues this year.

Farah's Blues pain drove him to greater heights

Glenn Jackson | October 10, 2009

THERE'S been something gnawing at Robbie Farah's gut far more ferociously than nerves or even the kebabs that bear his name. Searching for some sort of atonement since being dropped from the NSW side before it won game three of the Origin series, the hooker got it this week when he edged out the player who took his Blues place, Michael Ennis, for the Australian squad.

''After my second [Origin] game, I was pretty disappointed in my own performance, and not getting the chance in the third Origin to redeem myself hurt a bit,'' Farah said. ''I'm a tougher judge on myself than anybody else can be, and I was pretty disappointed in myself.