FARAH OUT! WESTS TIGERS ON TOP
ROBBIE Farah has turned in his second vintage performance in as many weeks to lead the Wests Tigers to the top of the NRL table for the first time in club history.
Farah twice caught the Warriors napping on blindside plays, grubbered for a third, and then helped himself to a fourth in their emphatic 34-6 triumph. The 35year-old’s mesmerising display yesterday comes a week after scoring two tries and assisting on another in their Round 1 win over Manly.
The Tigers set up the win after withstanding an early offensive onslaught, symbolised by Esan Marsters’ 22ndminute trysaving tackle on Ken Maumalo. The home side got on the board not long after through a Marsters penalty, before Farah set up the opening try with a laser cutout for Corey Thompson.
The veteran hooker then gave his team a 14-point buffer moments before the break when he grubbered for centre Robert Jennings.
A comeback loomed when Maumalo finished off a right-side shift after halftime, however it was merely a hiccup for the 9881 crowd in Campbelltown.
Mahe Fonua ended any thoughts of a fightback with a try in the 67th minute, before Farah completed a memorable display by burrowing over not long after.
Tigers skipper Moses Mbye came through unscathed in his season debut. Compounding the defeat for the Warriors was forward Sam Lisone getting cited for a crusher tackle on Thomas Mikaele in the second half.