Robbie Farah

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Robbie Farah
Personal information
Full name Robert Peter Farah
Date of birth 23 January 1984 (1984-01-23) (age 24)
Place of birth Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Nickname(s) Faffy
School(s) De La Salle College, Ashfield
University(s) Sydney University
Club information
Position(s) Hooker
Current club Wests Tigers
Youth clubs
Years Club
Enfield Federals
Leichhardt Wanderers
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2003 – Wests Tigers 85 (124)
Representative teams**
2006 – 2007
2006		 City Origin
Prime Minister's XIII		 2 (4)
1 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 11:46, 9 June 2008 (UTC).
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 09:11, 19 January 2008 (UTC).

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.

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[edit] Biography

Farah was educated at Da La salle College In 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.[1]

[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.[2]

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] 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 is studying for his Bachelor of Economics at Sydney University.[citation needed]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Pace, Daniel. "Farah and his black boots help make Tigers' history", AAP Sports News (Australia), 2005-07-24. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  2. ^ Masters, Roy. "New face of league won't wind up in a fibro", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-08-31. Retrieved on 2008-01-19. 

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