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Robbie Farah Essay

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It was a five-star performance by Robbie Farah, who was simply outstanding in the Wests Tigers 39-14 domination over the Wentworthville Magpies at Campbelltown Stadium.

Farah scored a try, kicked a field goal and was involved in many more, earning him the Intrust Super Premiership NSW man of the match award, despite the fact he went off the field concussed in the second half.

He was not alone in scintillating individual performances, with the entire backline and halves surpassing their usual roles to run rings around the red-hot Magpies.

The match began with a classy offload from Farah catching out the defence and forcing an eventual penalty.

Off the ensuing set, Justin Hunt put a nice little grubber in that looked like it was going to be too big, however Chee Kam showed his inner-Ben Barba to somehow drag the ball from outside the field of play and plant the ball down just millimetres short of the dead ball line. …show more content…

Farah did it all himself soon after when he darted out of dummy half, forced the defence to change direction, but it was too late, as the smart hooker sliced through a manufactured hole to score the Wests Tigers third.

Honeti Tuha finally crossed the line for the Magpies under the posts, but after an in-depth discussion with his touch judge, the Wests Tigers were given a penalty.

The Magpies eventually got their first try when Cody Nelson somehow got a grubber away whilst getting dragged down, before the ball bounced up perfectly in the hands of Scott Schulte to reduce the deficit to 16-4.

Farah capped off a brilliant first half by slotting a 30-metre goal on the

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