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Alex Mitchell

Tapine and Tino set for heavyweight bout

Canberra are wary of Gold Coast skipper Tino Fa'asuamaleaui ahead of Saturday's NRL clash. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

If a bottom-eight NRL clash between Canberra and Gold Coast doesn't scream 'mouth-watering contest', perhaps it's a colossal battle in the middle between Joe Tapine and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui that will get fans salivating.

The wrecking balls rank first and second across the league in post-contact metres this season and it's the Raiders prop who tops the pile, crunching out 1269m for the year compared with the Titans skipper's 1121m.

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