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Tigers mates drop in to support Farah
July 15, 2012
Danny Weidler
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ROBBIE FARAH wanted to bury the jersey he wore in Origin II with his mum, Sonia, but his family stopped him. It was his finest game and the last match she saw. ''I wanted that jumper to be with her,'' he said. ''But my family said it would be better to keep it. I think I will auction that jumper for charity so that it can help people who really need it. Mum had her own Origin jumper, so we put that in with her.'' The Wests Tigers players were so worried about their skipper that a few went to visit him at his private getaway on Tuesday. Farah took off on the weekend without telling his family or his teammates where he was going. ''I had a bad weekend and needed to get away so I took off,'' he said. ''My family didn't know - I just needed some time and space.'' The Tigers players did some research and Benji Marshall, Beau Ryan and Tim Moltzen drove to Greendale to just hang out with their captain in his time of need. They did some shooting, mucked around with bows and arrows, and went bush bashing on quad bikes. ''Their support, the support of my family, my girlfriend - that's been getting me through this time,'' Farah said. And he made a special reference to Marshall. ''Benji was the first player I told about Mum,'' he said. ''He sent me a text at about one o'clock on the day when I pulled out of the game - a really nice message saying I needed to put family first. Mum had just passed away and I was caught up in the emotion and I told him that Mum had just passed away. I probably shouldn't have with the way that the boys ended up playing, but to see how Benji and the other boys reacted, he's like a brother to me.'' Farah doesn't hide from the fact he is struggling to get his head right. ''I know there will be good and bad days and I just need to try and focus. When I went back and played the Knights I didn't really want to do that, but my family felt it was right.'' So how did he get through Origin? ''I had my doubts that I could do it,'' he said. ''The boys were really good, I just wanted to hang in my room, but Ricky [Stuart] got me out. It was hard when all the boys wanted to have fun. In the end I just did it because my family felt it was right.''
July 15, 2012
Danny Weidler
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ROBBIE FARAH wanted to bury the jersey he wore in Origin II with his mum, Sonia, but his family stopped him. It was his finest game and the last match she saw. ''I wanted that jumper to be with her,'' he said. ''But my family said it would be better to keep it. I think I will auction that jumper for charity so that it can help people who really need it. Mum had her own Origin jumper, so we put that in with her.'' The Wests Tigers players were so worried about their skipper that a few went to visit him at his private getaway on Tuesday. Farah took off on the weekend without telling his family or his teammates where he was going. ''I had a bad weekend and needed to get away so I took off,'' he said. ''My family didn't know - I just needed some time and space.'' The Tigers players did some research and Benji Marshall, Beau Ryan and Tim Moltzen drove to Greendale to just hang out with their captain in his time of need. They did some shooting, mucked around with bows and arrows, and went bush bashing on quad bikes. ''Their support, the support of my family, my girlfriend - that's been getting me through this time,'' Farah said. And he made a special reference to Marshall. ''Benji was the first player I told about Mum,'' he said. ''He sent me a text at about one o'clock on the day when I pulled out of the game - a really nice message saying I needed to put family first. Mum had just passed away and I was caught up in the emotion and I told him that Mum had just passed away. I probably shouldn't have with the way that the boys ended up playing, but to see how Benji and the other boys reacted, he's like a brother to me.'' Farah doesn't hide from the fact he is struggling to get his head right. ''I know there will be good and bad days and I just need to try and focus. When I went back and played the Knights I didn't really want to do that, but my family felt it was right.'' So how did he get through Origin? ''I had my doubts that I could do it,'' he said. ''The boys were really good, I just wanted to hang in my room, but Ricky [Stuart] got me out. It was hard when all the boys wanted to have fun. In the end I just did it because my family felt it was right.''
