Tapine's Walsh tackle. Footage Raiders Media

The Canberra Times

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.

Transcript

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.

Category

Transcript

Recommended