Wests Tigers captain-in-waiting Aaron Woods has heralded former skipper Robbie Farah as a great leader and someone he can go to for support.

Speaking to AAP Woods said Farah had been a thorough professional throughout a tumultuous 2015 season.

“Robbie is someone who always plays with his heart on his sleeve,’ Woods said.

“He is a great person to have a role model as to base your captaincy around.

“Robbie is a great leader. He is vice-captain of NSW, he has been captain there a few times and he was captain of the Tigers before he stood down.

“He has played 13 or 14 years of first grade, there is a lot of experience, there and when I first came to the club I was like a sponge and he was a bit off me because I was asking him a million questions.”

“I still do and most of the time he has an answer.”

The Tigers are back into pre-season training and it seems there may still be a few twists in the saga between Farah and coach Jason Taylor.

“Robbie is a world class athlete, I have never seen someone as fit and mentally strong as Rob,” Woods continued.

“He is that fit and you wouldn’t even know he has had any problems in the off-season.

“He has come back to training and he has been one of our best trainers and I wouldn’t expect any less from Robbie.”