The 30-year-old has played his entire career at Canberra since debuting in 2011 and is still at the top of his game notching 132 metres, four tackle busts, a linebreak and a try in the Raiders’ third straight win.
“Yeah that was a tough one bro,” Papalii said post match.
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“We are finally stringing it together and it is very pleasing to see.
“I love this club with all my heart and it is just a good way to bring up 250.”
Papalii revealed the emotional toll the build-up to his 250th NRL game had taken on him as he looked back on his career.
“Yeah I cried all week,” Papalii said.
“Just reminiscing on what got me here. My parents’ sacrifice. My wife, my kids.
“It has been an emotional week bro.”
The always humble Canberra star was quick to deflect from his try-scoring feats after he crossed the stripe for the second week in a row.
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Josh Papalii was emotional after his 250th NRL game.
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“I’m just lucky I was in the right spot at the right time,” Papalii said.
“It has just been an emotional week and now I get to sit back and enjoy it with the boys and have a few cold ones.”
The Raiders are now one win outside the top eight heading into the Origin period after they found themselves second last earlier in the season and Papalii never doubted they could turn things around.
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Josh Papalii scored a try in his 250th game.
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“I knew what our team can do,” Papalii said.
“We showed the last three weeks what we are capable of doing and it is just good to finally see all the hard work pay off.
“Still a long road to go though. We still have more losses than wins and we need to fix that up quick.”
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