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WESTS Tigers captain Robbie Farah has flown home to Sydney and is out of the Four Nations tour due to a family illness.
The Tigers captain was due to go to Berlin with captain Darren Lockyer and 15 other Kangaroo teammates on Sunday when he received a telephone call from his brother in Australia.
Farah's mother, Sonia, is ill.
The Daily Telegraph has been told Farah immediately consulted coach [Tim Sheens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Sheens) and was granted leave on compassionate grounds.
The Wests Tigers captain sent a message out to his mother before boarding the plane from London for Sydney simply stating: "I love you Mum".
Kangaroos coach Sheens confirmed Farah had been granted leave and would take no further part in the Four Nations campaign.
"I don't really think there's too much I should comment about. Rob's been granted leave and he's gone home," Sheens said.
"There's a family issue but that's not for me to comment on."
[The Tigers captain had been in line to play against England at Wembley last Sunday](http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/four-nations-kangaroos-hooker-robbie-farah-set-for-super-sub-role-against-england-at-wembley/story-e6frexnr-1226186232910) with Darren Lockyer under an injury cloud, [Cooper Cronk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_Cronk) to play five-eighth and Farah to start from the interchange bench.
But when Lockyer passed a fitness test, coach [Tim Sheens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Sheens) devised an alternative game plan and left Farah out of the Kangaroos final 17.
The Tigers captain was due to go to Berlin with captain Darren Lockyer and 15 other Kangaroo teammates on Sunday when he received a telephone call from his brother in Australia.
Farah's mother, Sonia, is ill.
The Daily Telegraph has been told Farah immediately consulted coach [Tim Sheens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Sheens) and was granted leave on compassionate grounds.
The Wests Tigers captain sent a message out to his mother before boarding the plane from London for Sydney simply stating: "I love you Mum".
Kangaroos coach Sheens confirmed Farah had been granted leave and would take no further part in the Four Nations campaign.
"I don't really think there's too much I should comment about. Rob's been granted leave and he's gone home," Sheens said.
"There's a family issue but that's not for me to comment on."
[The Tigers captain had been in line to play against England at Wembley last Sunday](http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/four-nations-kangaroos-hooker-robbie-farah-set-for-super-sub-role-against-england-at-wembley/story-e6frexnr-1226186232910) with Darren Lockyer under an injury cloud, [Cooper Cronk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_Cronk) to play five-eighth and Farah to start from the interchange bench.
But when Lockyer passed a fitness test, coach [Tim Sheens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Sheens) devised an alternative game plan and left Farah out of the Kangaroos final 17.
