In what has become a massive news day for the NRL, the latest turn in the Robbie Farah and Wests Tigers saga suggests he could find himself at the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2017.
Josh Massoud told Channel Seven that Souths are weighing up whether to offer the veteran hooker a two-year deal, with it becoming more likely by the day Farah won’t be at the Tigers next season.
More BIG recruitment news: @SSFCRABBITOHS in talks to offer @robbiefarah a two-year deal. @7NewsSydney pic.twitter.com/hjbW2USB1G
— Josh Massoud (@josh_massoud) August 2, 2016
Of course, the feud at the Tigers has been long running with coach Jason Taylor and Robbie Farah regularly butting heads, which has inevitably spilled into the media.
Robbie Farah has been in and out of the Tigers team due to injury and other reasons, having being dropped at the back end of 2015 only for fans to turn out in a show of strength. The Tigers then tried to move him on but couldn’t, with Farah staying put even if it meant playing reserve grade in 2016.
Despite the Tigers threats, which were made very public about reserve grade, he’s played a majority of the season in the top grade before playing State of Origin even if some of those games were off the bench.
He seemed to be in good form off the bench as well, but then before their Round 20 clash against the St George Illawarra Dragons he was dropped to reserve grade and hasn’t been sighted in the NRL since.
It seems as if Jason Taylor has drawn a line in the sand, and given the form of the Tigers halves Mitchell Moses and Luke Brooks, as well as fullback James Tedesco it doesn’t seem likely Farah will be making a return to the NRL anytime in the near future.
He has been strongly linked with the Dragons in recent weeks as well as other clubs, but it would appear that no clubs have put a formal offer on the table.
Where Farah ends up is anyone’s guess, but if he wants to play first grade, it doesn’t look like the Tigers will be his option.
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