Robert Peter Farah (Arabic: روبي فرح) (born 23 January 1984) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s.

[19] In round 20, against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, he scored a hat trick in the Tigers 42–20 win at Leichhardt Oval.

[20] Farah was the starting hooker in the Wests Tigers 30-16 2005 NRL grand final winning team over the North Queensland Cowboys.

As NRL Premiers, Wests faced Super League champions the Bradford Bulls in the 2006 World Club Challenge.

Farah was named the Wests Tigers player of the year in the 2006 NRL season, playing in 20 matches and scoring 5 tries.

On 13 January, it was announced that 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.

[33] Farah was subsequently 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.

He made his international debut from the bench in the match against England, relieving starting hooker Cameron Smith just before halftime.

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.

In the weeks leading up to the team selection, Farah was contacted by New South Wales coach Ricky Stuart, to explain that his first choice for hooker would be Danny Buderus, who had recently returned to the NRL.

The previous record for most tackles in a State of Origin match was held by Dallas Johnson, who had made 60 in a game in 2007.

[50][51] Farah was awarded the Brad Fittler Medal for the New South Wales outstanding player of the series, as voted for by his team-mates.

[52] Making 16 appearances during the season, Farah surpassed Darren Senter's previous record of 86 games as captain of the Wests Tigers.

[53] With the departure of Chris Heighington at the end of the season, Farah became the most experienced and longest-serving player at the Wests Tigers.

Farah was in the press in September, when he called for harsher penalties for Twitter abusers after receiving a tweet about his recently deceased mother that he described as, "vile.

"[55] Soon after he issued an apology, when it was revealed that he had earlier tweeted that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard should be given, "a noose," for a 50th birthday present.

"[57] Farah was chosen again to play for City, a record sixth appearance for a hooker, and the fourth consecutive time as captain.

On 12 July, following an injury to Paul Gallen, Farah was named captain for NSW for the first time for the series-deciding third game.

[60] In round 20, against Manly, Farah played in his 200th NRL career match, scoring a try in the Tigers 18–36 loss at Campbelltown Stadium.

[71] With Paul Gallen unavailable due to injury, Farah was again chosen to captain in NSW in the opening game of 2015 State of Origin series.

The Sydney Morning Herald said "his workload with and without the ball was huge, completing a game-high 55 tackles and cleaning up a Cooper Cronk grubber kick when the Maroons appeared poised to score.

"[72] Between the first and second State of Origin matches, Farah made no appearances for the Wests Tigers dues to his shoulder injury.

[73] In August, Farah was given permission from the Tigers to investigate opportunities to continue his playing career at another club from 2016 onward.

There were reports of Farah being demoted to New South Wales Cup if he stayed, his relationship with coach Jason Taylor turning sour, and about his $800,000 a season contract chewing up the Tigers salary cap.

[81] A week later, Farah was dropped to reserve grade by Jason Taylor[82] and remained in NSW cup until the end of the season.

"[88] Farah made his first appearance for Souths in their Round 13 victory over Cronulla, filling in while Cook played State of Origin.

[90] On 21 June, Farah returned to the West Tigers on a mid-season transfer, and was chosen as the first grade hooker the same week.

Souths General manager Shane Richardson said they would not have released Farah to any other club, but, "The reason we let Robbie go was because it was the right thing to do.

Farah then used the opportunity to speak about former Wests Tigers head coach Jason Taylor saying "I wouldn’t want to hear from JT anyway, at the time I was told by him and Rod Reddy, I’d finish my career in reserve grade.

Farah went on to say "If we've got to win to make the semis, I'll cut it off if I have to, at the end of the day it's my decision but they definitely recommended that (I don't play again).