Raiders star Joe Tapine opens up about how he received death threats for his tackle on Reece Walsh in Canberra's last home game of the 2023 NRL season.
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00:00Your shot on Reece Walsh.
00:01Yeah.
00:03Bro, were you just like, bro, I'm not letting him get away with just standing there.
00:06How was that?
00:08He carved that game, man.
00:09And I remember Toto just came on and it was one of his last games
00:14and the bro hadn't made a tackle all game, old Reece.
00:16Toto's got the ball and he's rushed out the line trying to put a shot on Toto.
00:20So that made me angry.
00:20And that's Croker for people listening.
00:22Yeah, Croker.
00:24And then that made me angry.
00:25And then they kicked it and then I seen him got it.
00:27I was like, I want to smoke this.
00:30That's Toto.
00:32But he took it well, man.
00:34100%.
00:35I respected it.
00:36Yeah.
00:36He's such a gun, bro.
00:37He's an absolute gun.
00:39And it's almost, I know it like does it as a smaller player.
00:42You know, you don't like hearing this, but it is a bit of a sign of respect.
00:46When the front rowers are trying to take your head off,
00:48it's because, you know, you're doing something well.
00:50There's no way out.
00:51I'm going to get him anywhere else.
00:52He's too quick.
00:53Yeah.
00:54There's no chance.
00:54That's the only chance I had.
00:57He did take it like a champ too.
00:58He did.
01:00It went like, I'm not sure if you're on the socials that much,
01:03but that just obviously went crazy wild.
01:04Yeah.
01:05I was getting freaking hate mail and indifference.
01:08What?
01:08No way.
01:09Bronco fans, man.
01:10They hated it, eh?
01:11What?
01:11I found it crack up.
01:12But you get a lot of that stuff, you know, being a footy player.
01:15Yeah.
01:15A lot of people don't like stuff from their team.