'Toughest task' as Origin nemesis blocks finals push

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Canberra's 'Big Papa' Josh Papali'i has acceptable himself the toughest task successful league this Saturday nighttime - containing Broncos enforcer Payne Haas.

In 1 of the heavyweight clashes of the year, Papali'i and Haas conscionable caput connected successful the ACT successful a crippled that could determine the Raiders' finals fate.

Win and Canberra is successful - suffer and it volition apt each travel down to the last circular against the Sharks.

"It's a immense crippled for america astatine location and a batch volition beryllium connected the guardant battle," Papali'i told Wide World of Sports.

"Haas is astir apt the signifier prop successful the crippled astatine the infinitesimal and it volition beryllium a situation for maine to effort to support him a spot quieter than usual.

Josh Papali'i of the Raiders. (Getty)

"I'll instrumentality the benignant of attack rivals utilized to instrumentality with large Mal Meninga backmost successful the 1990s - I won't beryllium poking the bear.

"The past happening I privation is for him to beryllium aggravated and up the aggression truthful I won't beryllium trying to provoke him.

"With a large subordinate similar that, you conscionable effort to incorporate him by limiting his clip and space.

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"If we tin bash that, past possibly helium won't beryllium arsenic ascendant arsenic helium has been each year."

The Broncos spell into the crippled arsenic blistery favourites but Papali'i is softly assured of an upset.

"We bushed them backmost successful April erstwhile some Payne and I were playing truthful you ne'er know," helium said.

"And my spouse up front, Joey Tapine, was missing that time and he's backmost truthful that puts america successful with a existent accidental successful the guardant battle."

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