Robbie Farah

Robbie Farah
Farah in 2008
Personal information
Full name Robert Peter Farah
Nickname Faffy
Born 23 January 1984 (1984-01-23) (age 28)
Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003– Wests Tigers 169 47 12 15 227
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002 Lebanon 1 1 0 0 4
2006–2011 City Origin 5 1 0 0 4
2006–2009 Prime Minister's XIII 3
2009 New South Wales 2 0 0 0 0
2009–2010 Australia 3 0 0 0 0
2010 NRL All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 18 September 2011
Source: League Central,RLP

Robert Peter "Robbie" Farah (Arabic روبرت فرح ) (born 23 January 1984) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers club in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He primarily plays at hooker and can operate as a half-back. Farah is of Lebanese descent.

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Biography

Farah was educated at St Mel's Primary, Campsie,[1] De La Salle College Ashfield, and the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Economics in 2010

Playing career

Farah made his first-grade debut in 2003, playing four games from the bench. In 2004, his season was marred by a knee re-construction and his first-grade playing time was restricted to three games.[2]

Farah played at hooker in the Wests Tigers 2005 NRL grand final-winning team against the North Queensland Cowboys. He was named the Wests Tigers player of the year in both 2006 and 2007.[3]

In late 2008, Farah was offered a contract with the Gold Coast Titans commencing from the 2010 season. On 13 January 2009, it was announced that Farah had chosen to re-sign with the Wests Tigers until the end of the 2013 season. At the same time, the club appointed Farah as team captain.[4]

At the 2010 Dally M Award Farah came second behind Todd Carney by 1 point. He was also named Hooker of the Year.

Representative career

As an 18 year-old in 2002, he toured with an Australian Lebanese team, playing France in Tripoli and scoring two tries.[5]

Between 2006 and 2011, Farah represented City Origin 5 times, captaining the team from 2009 onwards.[6]

In August, 2008, Farah was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[7][8]

In May 2009, Farah was named at hooker in the 17 man squad to represent New South Wales in the opening State of Origin match on 3 June 2009, in Melbourne.[9] He played in the first two games of the series.[10] Later that year he was named in the Prime Minister's XIII to play Papua New Guinea[11] and Australia's Four-Nations squad.[12]

Farah played in two matches in the 2009 Four Nations. He made his debut for Australia from the bench in the match against England, relieving starting hooker Cameron Smith just before halftime.[13] A week later he played in the starting line-up in the team that beat France 42–4.[14]

In 2010, Farah captained the City Origin side and was named in the Australian squad for the 2010 Four Nations.[15] With first-choice hooker Cameron Smith playing in all matches, Farah made just one appearance, coming off the bench in the "dead-rubber" match against New Zealand.[16] He was again named as second-string hooker in the 2011 Four Nations, but withdrew from the tournament for family reasons before he could make an appearance.[17]

Career highlights

Honours

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Premier's Sporting Challenge – Robbie Farah: Rugby League". https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/psc/content/getContent.html?contentId=51. Retrieved 2009-06-28. 
  2. ^ Pace, Daniel (2005-07-24). "Farah and his black boots help make Tigers' history". AAP Sports News (Australia). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-111388268.html. Retrieved 2008-01-23. 
  3. ^ David Middleton (editor) (2010). 2010 Official Rugby League Annual. Alexandria NSW, 2015: News Magazines for the National Rugby League. p. 181. 
  4. ^ Liam Fitzgibbon (13 January 2009). "Robbie Farah re-signs with Wests Tigers and is handed captaincy". Fox Sports Australia. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24907143-23214,00.html. Retrieved 13 January 2009. 
  5. ^ Masters, Roy (2005-08-31). "New face of league won't wind up in a fibro". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/new-face-of-league-wont-wind-up-in-a-fibro/2005/08/30/1125302564740.html. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
  6. ^ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/NDktLS0tLS0tLTMxOS0tLS0tLS0tLS0=. Retrieved 7 May 2011. 
  7. ^ Liam FitzGibbon (2008-08-01). "Surprises in Kangaroos squad". "Fox Sports News (Australia)". http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24111780-23214,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-02. 
  8. ^ "Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad". International Herald Tribune. 2008-08-01. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/sports/AS-RGL-Australia-Squad.php. Retrieved 2008-08-02. 
  9. ^ Fitzgibbon, Liam (25 May 2009). "NSW selectors go with form and not reputation for Origin opener". Fox Sports News (Australia). http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25537374-5018993,00.html. Retrieved 30 May 2009. 
  10. ^ Dean Ritchie (5 July 2009). "NSW call on Brett Kimmorley, Trent Barrett". Daily Telegraph(Australia). http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nsw-call-on-brett-kimmorley-trent-barrett/story-e6frexp9-1225746175988. Retrieved 6 August 2009. 
  11. ^ "Penrith's Petero Civoniceva named captain of Prime Minister's XIII". foxsports.com.au. 14 September 2009. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26071164-5018866,00.html. Retrieved 21 September 2009. 
  12. ^ "Nathan Hindmarsh picked in Australian Four Nations squad". Daily Telegraph (Australia). 7 October 2009. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nathan-hindmarsh-picked-for-kangaroos-four-nations-squad/story-e6frexnr-1225783719159. Retrieved 9 October 2009. 
  13. ^ Steve Jancetic (1 November 2009). "Kangaroos hold off a fast-finishing England 26–16 in Four Nations". Fox Sports. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26289176-5019264,00.html. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 
  14. ^ Andrew Webster (8 November 2009). "Australia v France in Four Nations rugby league". Courier Mail. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26320675-10389,00.html. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 
  15. ^ Glenn Jackson (5 October 2010). "Kangaroos jumping uphill to win: Sheens". Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/kangaroos-jumping-uphill-to-win-sheens-20101004-164d1.html. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  16. ^ "EDEN PARK SATURDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2010". sportal.com.au. http://www.sportal.com.au/league-matchcentre/30/4341. Retrieved 28 December 2010. 
  17. ^ Brad Walter (8 November 2011). "Farah leaves Four Nations for 'family reasons'". Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/farah-leaves-four-nations-for-family-reasons-20111108-1n4bs.html. Retrieved 14 November 2011. 

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