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Australia and Queensland captain Cameron Smith has announced his immediate retirement from representative rugby league just three weeks out from the State of Origin series.
The 34-year-old Smith dropped the bombshell news at a Melbourne media conference on Tuesday, saying he'd been thinking about it since last year and "now is the right time for me to finish up".
"Last year, more than any other year, the Origin series in particular had an effect on me both physically and mentally," said Smith.
"I couldn't quite back up after any of those Origin matches and maybe that was a sign there that it was time, because I have always been very proud of my ability to back up."
Smith's exit coincides with the representative retirements of Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk, which were announced at the end of last year.
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