Storm star has had surgery for broken ankle after 26-0 loss to BroncosFullback had just returned after 405-day rehab for shattered kneecap
Melbourne star Ryan Papenhuyzen has undergone surgery but the NRL club’s football boss is hopeful the fullback’s latest injury isn’t as bad as it looks.
A distraught Papenhuyzen was carted off Suncorp Stadium in agony with seven minutes to play in the Storm’s 26-0 qualifying-final defeat to Brisbane on Friday. He was sent straight to hospital with a suspected broken ankle.
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