Joe Tapine will ignore any lingering pain from three cracked ribs to stand toe-to-toe with all 200 centimetres and 115 kilos of the biggest human in the NRL, having been sin-binned for just that a month ago.
Tapine will return after a three-week layoff for Canberra to face Melbourne and his New Zealand Test teammate Nelson Asofa-Solomona at AAMI Park on Saturday night.
The pair go back to their Junior Kiwi days as teenagers but squared off midway through the Raiders' recent 22-18 upset of the Storm, Tapine given 10 minutes to cool off for landing a shot to Asofa-Solomona’s face before Canberra sensationally clawed back an 18-0 deficit.
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Topic: Push and shove: Tapine shapes up to NRL's biggest human again
