Smith was poor in the RLWC and to a lesser extent Origin, tbh. Whether it's part of the game plan for him to just shovel the ball out to Lockyer and Thurston (remember Billy Slater was a huge part of Australia's plans) or not he was completely underutilised. He hardly ever ran the ball out of dummy half or organised runners to run angles for him and practically play a halfback role from dummy half (if that makes sense) which is what he does for Melbourne and where he is at his best. If they were looking for someone to just pass the ball they would be better off going for Farah who has a superior passing game from dummy half (and I'm just talking in terms of passing the ball off the ground).
But again Cameron Smith often runs from dummy half to engage markers its his way to get rid of the markers when offloading the ball, if they are focussed on him and not on his forwards they get that extra couple of yards. Farah fits his niche well at the Tigers and no one doubts that, but that wont mean he will work at higher levels. 2006 Smith got Melbourne to a Grand Final with a first year halfback and dominated the attack, he also got man of the series last year in SOO and he won the Golden Boot as well.
The only time Farah got anywhere near a gf was on the back of one of the best halfbacks in the NRL, an in form five eighth and a class veteran fullback. Farah plays behind a non existent pack and as such the Tigers generally have non existent years. Farah or no Farah the Tigers havent made the finals, generally the tigers are in with a decent shot with a month or so to play but they choke, and 2007, 2006 he was dummy half for many of those losses.
