After a rollercoaster career of highs and lows, milestone man Marty Taupau believes Saturday night's NRL semi-final with the Sydney Roosters also looms as his date with destiny. Eleven years after debuting as a rakey forward under Des Hasler at Canterbury, the transformed Manly enforcer is chasing an elusive first finals win for the veteran coach who he didn't always see eye to eye with. The 31-year-old only managed 21 first-grade games in three seasons for the Bulldogs before departing for the neighbouring Wests Tigers. Overlooked for Canterbury's finals charge to the 2012 title decider despite winning all six games he played in the lead up to the playoffs, It's pretty cool situation that I'm in at the moment. It's not a coincidence (that I haven't won a finals match). I always say everything happens for a reason," Taupau said. There's many more reasons behind this but just the sole focus going in is winning our semi-final game and I guess the celebration will come in after that. It's funny now that I was coached by Des over at the Bulldogs and I only played just over 20 games and now I'm playing my 200th under Des," he said.
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