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Storm star's grim revelation on return timeline - CtrlF.XYZ

Storm star's grim revelation on return timeline

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Melbourne Storm prima Ryan Papenhuyzen looks acceptable to miss the bulk of the archetypal fractional of the play aft calling a circular 8 instrumentality "a small spot ambitious".

Papenhuyzen is connected the comeback way aft having his kneecap shattered successful July, the latest successful a agelong enactment of injuries implicit the past 2 seasons.

The 24-year-old is 1 of 3 NRL players - alongside Latrell Mitchell and Tom Trbojevic - to person travelled to the US to consult renowned sports doc Bill Knowles, but revealed determination are inactive immoderate important steps to instrumentality earlier helium returns to the field.

"Something came retired the different week that I'd beryllium backmost astir rounds six (to) eight, that's a small spot ambitious astatine the moment… it's a dilatory process," Papenhuyzen told Triple M's Rush Hour.

"The mentality astatine the infinitesimal is to get backmost and beryllium astatine the level I was performing astatine before, oregon adjacent enough, alternatively than conscionable coming back.

"It's taking a small spot longer but that's giving maine assurance to pursuit aft it and marque definite I'm backmost playing a bully level of footy."

With Papenhuyzen sidelined, Nick Meaney is expected to slot into the No.1 jersey for Craig Bellamy's broadside to statesman the location and distant season.

The Storm volition unfastened their 2023 play erstwhile they question to CommBank Stadium to look the Parramatta Eels connected March 2.

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