Ahead of his 200th game for Canberra, the rise of Joseph Tapine was worth the wait and the weight.
When Joseph Tapine arrived in Canberra from Newcastle in 2016 as a tall and skinny second rower with plenty of ability and even more to prove, there were two things he needed to learn to carry. One was the prodigious expectations that came with his clear physical gifts. The then-21-year-old Kiwi was rangy, skillful, and…