Robbie Farah
Farah in 2008
Personal information
Born	23 January 1984 (1984-01-23) (age 25)
	Canterbury, Australia
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (12 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position	Hooker, Halfback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–	Wests Tigers	116	34	12	8	168
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006–??	City Origin	3	1	0	0	4
2009	New South Wales	2	0	0	0	0
2009	Australia	1	0	0	0	0
As of 21 September 2009
Source: League Central,RLP

Robert Peter "Robbie" Farah (Arabic روبرت فرح ) (born 23 January 1984 in Canterbury, New South Wales) 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.

[edit] Biography

Farah was educated at St Mel's Primary, Campsie^[1], and De La Salle College Ashfield, Sydney.

[edit] 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 was part of the Wests Tigers 2005 NRL Premiership winning team against the North Queensland Cowboys.

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. ^[3]

[edit] Representative career

As an 18 year-old in 2002, he toured with an Australian Lebanese team, playing France in Tripoli and scoring two tries.^[4]

Farah in April 2009

In August, 2008, Farah was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[5][6] He was selected for City in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.^[7]

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.^[8] He played in the first two games of the series.^[9] Later that year he was named in the Prime Minister's XIII to play Papua New Guinea^[10] and Australia's Four-Nations squad.^[11]

[edit] Career highlights

• First Grade Debut: 2003 - Round 13, Wests Tigers v Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Leichhardt Oval, 8 June.
• Premierships: 2005 - Wests Tigers defeated North Queensland Cowboys.
• Representative Selection: 2006 - City Origin v Country Origin at Dubbo, New South Wales, scoring one try.
• Representative Selection: 2009 - NSW State of Origin.

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Robbie Farah at NRL.com
• Robbie Farah at Wests Tigers
• Robbie Farah at the Rugby League Project