NSW State of Origin star Robbie Farah’s mother died in Sydney hospital on Sunday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Wests Tigers captain Farah was withdrawn from Sunday’s NRL match against the Sydney Roosters at Leichhardt Oval where a minute’s silence was planned in memory of his mother Sonia Farah.

The Tigers players were to wear black armbands.

Sonia Farah was taken to hospital on Wednesday after suffering a health setback and was unable to be at ANZ Stadium to watch her son play perhaps the best match of his career in NSW’s series-levelling win over Queensland.

His mother’s battle with cancer had been a source of inspiration for Farah this season after she was first diagnosed while he was with the Australian squad on the Four Nations tour to Britain last year.