Why Raiders star Joe Tapine crunched NRL star Reece Walsh with big tackle

Joe Tapine crunches Reece Walsh in a tackle. Picture Fox Sports

The Canberra Times

Raiders forward Joe Tapine inflicted one of the NRL hits of the year on Broncos superstar Reece Walsh last weekend and the reason why has been revealed, as he also described critics as "Dereks".

With a few seconds left in the game, having tweaked his knee after his game-sealing try, Walsh collected a chip kick from Canberra's Jordan Rapana.

The Broncos fullback began hopping around with the ball and because Walsh didn't attack to the line, no Raiders rushed to tackle him - except Tapine.

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