By Christian Nicolussi,Dan Walsh
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“Sitili is one of my favourite players to play with – if you asked him to run through a brick wall, he’d do it for you,” Mann said this week.
“I love coming off the bench with him, we gelled quickly at training. ‘Ciro’ [coach Cameron Ciraldo] and the other coaches see us as a bit of a weapon, and hopefully we can make an impact on Sunday.
“Sitili hits hard. I’ve been friendly fire when he’s come from the other side and hit a bloke into me. If I’m only getting the second impact of it, and ‘old mate’ is copping the full brunt of it, I’d hate to be the bloke copping the full brunt of it.”
Tupouniua joined the Bulldogs this year from the Roosters and has been a favourite of Ciraldo’s for his physicality even with suspensions and injuries limiting him to 11 games this season.
