| Robbie Farah |
|
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Robert Peter Farah |
| Nickname |
Faffy |
| Born |
23 January 1984 (1984-01-23) (age 24) |
|
Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height |
179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight |
87 kg (13 st 10 lb) |
| Playing information |
| Position |
Hooker, Halfback |
| Club |
| Years |
Team |
Pld |
T |
G |
FG |
P |
| 2003– |
 Wests Tigers |
95 |
26 |
12 |
4 |
132 |
| Representative |
| Years |
Team |
Pld |
T |
G |
FG |
P |
| 2006–2007 |
 City Origin |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| As of 14:50, 4 September 2008 (UTC) |
| Source: NRL Stats and Rugby League Project |
Robbie Farah (born 23 January 1984 in Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia) is a Lebanese 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.
Biography
Farah was educated at De La Salle College Ashfield, Sydney.
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.[1]
Representative career
As an 18 year-old in 2002, he toured with an Australian Lebanese team, playing France in Tripoli and scoring two tries.[2]
In August, 2008, Farah was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3][4]
Career highlights
Off the field
Farah posed alongside Wests Tigers teammate Dene Halatau and former teammate Paul Whatuira for the Naked For A Cause 2008-09 calendar for the McGrath Foundation charity.
Farah was studying for his Bachelor of Economics at Sydney University, but stopped do to Rugby League commitments.citation needed
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