Canberra enforcer Josh Papalii insists his focus is on resurrecting the Raiders' season, despite the pain of watching Queensland's humiliating State of Origin I loss. Papalii impressed in his return from a three-week suspension in Canberra's 38-16 win over Brisbane on Saturday night. After conceding he felt "gassed" in his initial 20-minute stint, the 29-year-old racked up 178 run metres from 18 hit-ups throughout his 50 minutes as the Raiders won at home for the first time since the opening round of the season. Papalii is a certain inclusion when Paul Green's Maroons team for Origin II is named on Sunday night, providing he gets through this Saturday's NRL clash against the Dragons in Wollongong unscathed by injury or further judiciary issues. But beating the Dragons - not NSW - is Papalii's top priority for now.
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Topic: Resurrecting Raiders Papalii's priority despite 'hurt' of Maroons mauling
