Ryan Papenhuyzen sustained the injury in the 18th minute of the Round 18 clash following a heavy head-on tackle with Raiders captain Jack Wighton at the 40-metre line. Papenhuyzen shattered his patella into 10 pieces.
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Ryan Papenhuyzen is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League in Australia.
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After getting signed by Balmain Tigers, Ryan Papenhuyzen played his junior representative rugby league for Balmain in the S. G. Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup.
Ryan Papenhuyzen played for the Wests Tigers NRL Under-20s team. At Melbourne, Papenhuyzen played for their under-20s and feeder team Sunshine Coast Falcons in 2018.
Ryan Papenhuyzen played touch football and played his junior rugby league for Kellyville Bushrangers, Dundas Shamrocks and the Hills District Bulls.
Ryan Papenhuyzen made his Melbourne debut while he was only 20 years old in round 4 of the 2019 NRL season against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
In the 2020 NRL Grand Final, which Melbourne won 26-20, Ryan Papenhuyzen won the Clive Churchill Medal for his Man of the Match performance.
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