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Taufa credits rugby league for helping overcome anger issues from troubled childhood. Leader transformation.
A troubled childhood led Simaima Taufa to rugby league.
And she credits the greatest game of all with helping her overcome her anger-management issues.
It seems almost unfathomable that this calm, relaxed, leader could have been anything else in her youth.
Tapine and Taufa win Meninga Medals as top Raiders players for the year.
One current Canberra captain and a future one took out the Mal Meninga Medals in what was a repeat of last year's Raiders top gongs.
Joe Tapine claimed his third straight NRL Meninga Medal, to become just the third Raider to achieve the feat, while Simaima Taufa made it back-to-back NRLW ones at Parliament House on Monday night.
Tapine joined Laurie Daley and Josh Papali'i as the only other members of the Green Machine to win three straight players-of-the-year awards, while only those two have more Meninga Medals than Tapine now.
Borthwick eyes squad overhaul as Raiders suffer sixth loss, Eels keep finals hopes alive.
Darrin Borthwick has put the Canberra Raiders on notice as he considers overhauling his squad to close out the NRLW season, lashing a subpar outing which marks their sixth consecutive loss on home turf.
The Parramatta Eels kept their faint NRLW finals hopes alive with an 18-16 win over the Raiders at Canberra Stadium on Sunday.
Borthwick and Eels coach Steve Georgallis could have wheeled out the "game of two halves" cliché at full-time, because both had a fair case to back it up.