1. Robert Peter Farah was born on 23 January 1984 and is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s.
46 Facts About Robbie Farah
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Between 2006 and 2012, Robbie Farah played for City in six City vs Country representative games, captaining the team from 2009 onwards.
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Robbie Farah played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs during the 2017 and 2018 National Rugby League seasons.
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Robbie Farah is a supporter of Liverpool FC in English football's Premier League, his favourite player being Steven Gerrard.
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Robbie Farah played his junior rugby league with the Enfield Federals and the Leichhardt Wanderers.
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Robbie Farah's season was marred by a knee re-construction and his first-grade playing time was restricted to 3 matches for 2004.
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Robbie Farah finished the season with 27 matches and 8 tries.
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Robbie Farah was named the Wests Tigers player of the year in the 2006 NRL season, playing in 20 matches and scoring 5 tries.
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Robbie Farah was named hooker of the year at the 2007 Dally M Awards, and was one point behind the Player of the Year, Johnathan Thurston.
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Robbie Farah was again named the Wests Tigers player of the year, playing in all the Tigers 24 matches, and scoring 7 tries, kicking 12 goals and 4 field goals.
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Robbie Farah was not selected in the final 24-man squad.
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Robbie Farah finished the 2008 NRL season with 17 matches and 6 tries.
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On 13 January, it was announced that Robbie Farah had chosen to re-sign with the Wests Tigers until the end of the 2013 season, spurning a lucrative offer from the Gold Coast Titans.
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Robbie 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.
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Robbie Farah played in two matches for Australia in the 2009 Four Nations.
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Robbie Farah made his international debut from the bench in the match against England, relieving starting hooker Cameron Smith just before halftime.
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At the 2010 Dally M Awards Robbie Farah came second behind Todd Carney by a point, and was named Hooker of the Year.
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Robbie Farah played in all of the Tigers 27 matches for the year, scoring 6 tries and kicking 4 field goals.
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Robbie Farah was named in the Australian squad for the 2010 Four Nations.
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Robbie Farah played in all 27 matches for the year, scoring 7 tries and kicking 3 field goals.
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Robbie Farah 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.
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Robbie Farah was awarded the Brad Fittler Medal for the New South Wales outstanding player of the series, as voted for by his team-mates.
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Robbie Farah was nominated for the Dally M hooker of the year award.
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On 22 March, Robbie Farah signed a new 4-year contract to remain with the Wests Tigers until the end of the 2017 season.
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Robbie Farah was chosen again to play for City, a record sixth appearance for a hooker, and the fourth consecutive time as captain.
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Robbie Farah was selected to play hooker for NSW in the 2013 Series in all 3 games.
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Robbie Farah finished the season with one try from 18 matches.
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In October, Robbie Farah was selected in the Australian 2013 World Cup squad, and played in 3 matches.
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Robbie Farah was ruled out for 6 weeks, but made a faster recovery and returned in round 10 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
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Tallis said "Robbie Farah told me to my face when I was on Triple M last year on a Saturday show, he told me that Mick Potter can't coach," Tallis said.
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Robbie Farah completed the season with 5 tries in 18 matches.
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Robbie Farah was then selected for the Australian Four Nations squad.
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Robbie Farah finished the 2015 NRL season with him playing in 17 matches and scoring 2 tries.
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Robbie Farah dropped himself as the Tigers captain and was replaced by Aaron Woods, having set a club record 148 matches as captain.
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Robbie Farah was chosen for all 3 games for NSW, and it was said, "Running Robbie ran the Queenslanders ragged early on and added 44-tackles to another quality Origin performance," in game 2.
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Robbie Farah topped the tackle count again in the third match, the only match won by NSW.
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Robbie Farah then signed with the South Sydney Rabbitohs ending a thirteen-year career with the Wests Tigers.
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Robbie Farah finished his drama-filled season with 2 tries in 9 appearances.
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In Round 1, Robbie Farah made his highly anticipated club debut for the Rabbitohs against his former club of 13 seasons the Wests Tigers.
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In round 2, against Manly-Warringah, Robbie Farah scored his first try for the Rabbitohs at Brookvale Oval.
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Robbie Farah played all 24 of Souths matches for the season, alternating between starting at hooker and playing from the bench.
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Robbie Farah returned to representing Lebanon for the 2017 World Cup and played in the country's first ever World Cup match victory over France on 29 October 2017.
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Robbie Farah started at hooker for every game at Wests Tigers after he rejoined the club, making 9 appearances.
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On 19 August 2019, Robbie Farah spoke to the media saying that he was considering going against doctors advice to play.
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In round 25 of the 2019 NRL season, Robbie Farah was ruled out of the Wests Tigers game against Cronulla-Sutherland but was then dramatically recalled to the team as Wests player Corey Thompson was injured in the warm up.
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Robbie Farah led Wests out onto the field of a packed Leichhardt Oval in what would be his final game as a player.