Brisbane must find a way to collectively make up for the loss of suspended lock Pat Carrigan or risk being exposed by Penrith in the middle of the park in the grand-final qualifier.

Carrigan has averaged 65 minutes per match in 24 games this year and gets through a power of work both sides of the ball.

His 158m and 36 tackles each game is just an aspect of his impressive resume.

The leadership of the Queensland and Australia powerhouse is invaluable, which is why coach Michael Maguire made him captain when regular skipper Adam Reynolds was injured.

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Maguire has named versatile Tyson Smoothy at No.13 to replace Carrigan at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. Whether he runs out with the starting team is up for debate.

Smoothy has averag

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