Canberra forward Joseph Tapine has been ruled out for their final two games of the NRL season due to a broken thumb.
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Scans confirmed Tapine suffered the injury in Sunday's upset win over the Sydney Roosters, ruling him out for the rest of the season.
Tapine has been one of coach Ricky Stuart's best forwards this season, totalling 58 tackle busts and 15 offloads to go with an average 85 metres and 31 tackles in 76 minutes.
His six tries is the most of all the Raiders forwards.
He joins skipper Jarrod Croker, utility Ata Hingano and fullback Jack Wighton as first-choice players unavailable for the final fortnight of the regular season.
Stuart could now lean on Josh Papalii to play on the edge, with rookie Emre Guler likely to get some more action after his debut last week.
Australian Associated Press
