Anthony Farrell

For the American writer and actor, see Anthony Q. Farrell.

Anthony Farrell (born 17 January 1969) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. He played at representative level for England, Wales, and at club level for the Huddersfield Giants, Sheffield Eagles, Leeds Rhinos, Widnes Vikings and Halifax, as a prop or second-row forward.^[1][2]

Anthony Farrell

Personal information
Born	(1969-01-17) 17 January 1969 (age 56) Huddersfield, England
Playing information
Position	second-row, prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1985–90 Huddersfield 1990–96 Sheffield Eagles 159 35 0 0 140 1997–01 Leeds Rhinos 146 23 0 0 92 2002–03 Widnes Vikings 51 5 1 0 22 2004 Halifax 28 3 0 0 12 Total 384 66 1 0 266 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1995–99 England 3 0 0 0 0 2000–03 Wales 5 1 0 0 4 2002 Yorkshire 2 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2004–06 Halifax RLFC
Source: [1][2][3]
Relatives	Joel Farrell (son) Izaac Farrell (son)

Background

Anthony Farrell was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He is of Jamaican and Welsh descent.^[4]

Playing career

Farrell played for Leeds Rhinos at second-row in their 1998 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Wigan Warriors. Whilst in his first year at Halifax the sacking of Tony Anderson opened a new career for "Faz" as he was asked to become temporary coach until the end of the year. After saving the club from relegation the following season Farrell took the club within a whisker of a place in the grand final. Losing out to Castleford Tigers. The year after was less successful for Farrell though, after a poor series of results including a club record defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers, "Faz" eventually lost his job.