NRL: Ricky Stuart and Joseph Tapine were full of praise while talking about Josh Papalii after he scored a double for the Raiders in his record game.
Canberra coach Ricky Stuart has declared Josh Papalii now sits alongside the five greatest players in the club’s history.The second try brought Stuart to tears on the sideline and after the game he said Papalii is now on the Mount Rushmore of Canberra players.
“This is not a rash statement, the greats of our club, the real greats, you’ve got Mal Meninga, Glenn Lazarus, Laurie Daley and Brad Clyde. You put Josh Papalii in there now and that is without any emotion, that’s just fact, that’s how good a player he is,” Stuart said.“I said at the start of the week just let me know if there’s an excuse and we get beaten this week, let me know if you’re going to use the excuse that Ricky has motivated us too much this week so didn’t play well.
“I’m so happy for him because the boys did it for him. I know what Joe did this week to get those boys ready to play for Josh.
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