South Sydney are set to let Robbie Farah off the leash and restore his creative licence in his club debut on Friday night.

The NSW Origin hooker will make his first NRL appearance in the cardinal and myrtle in a highly charged clash against his former club Wests Tigers.

Tigers coach Jason Taylor was last year criticised for his use of Farah as simply a ball distributor, instead choosing to focus his side’s attack through young stars Mitchell Moses, Luke Brooks and James Tedesco.

The tactic effectively neutered Farah’s creativity and was one of many schisms between the No.9 and the club which led to his highly publicised exit to Redfern.

Souths coach Michael Maguire said he would draw on his star rake’s full skill set and predicted Farah would be a valuable addition to their attacking arsenal.

“I’ll definitely use his skill set,” Maguire said.

“He’s very good around the markers and can tie in a lot of defenders and run. And he’s a good defender too.

“There’s a lot of quality around what he does.”

With representative halfback Adam Reynolds set to miss the first month with appendicitis, Farah’s creativity will be key for Maguire.

Maguire is set to use Farah and Damien Cook in a two-pronged No.9 attack, with both on the field at the same time and the latter taking on a utility role.

“I thought it worked really well,” Maguire said of the Farah-Cook combination which he rolled out during the Charity Shield.

“We’ve been having a bit of fun at training working out how we can utilise that.

“Having them both on the field is very effective and if one needs a spell they can jump in there.”