Canberra Raiders captain Joe Tapine earns consistent praise, competing with top props like Haas and Fonua-Blake.
Canberra Raiders captain Joe Tapine is earning praise every time he sets foot on the footy field this year, and while he has been called the best prop in the game before, we broke down the tape that highlight why he's on a different level this season.
Tapine has some stiff competition for the honour of the NRL's best prop with the likes of Brisbane's Payne Haas and Cronulla's Addin Fonua-Blake also in that conversation.
On statistical output alone those players do out-rank Tapine, yet time and again this season, rugby league experts, rival players, and teammates at club and international level all praise the Raiders skipper as a consistent...