Melbourne Storm’s premiership hopes are in danger with star fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen expected to miss the rest of the season after going down with a knee injury in his club’s 20-16 loss to Canberra Raiders at AAMI Park on Sunday.
Papenhuyzen sustained a fractured right knee cap, an injury which follows a right PCL injury earlier this season.
He went to hospital on Sunday with knee surgery set for Monday.
The loss sees the Storm fall to three straight losses for the first time since 2015.
What a shocker an absolute shirt front did not even try to miss him, ruined this young lad for always you grub, the Ref was with Canberra all night, this is the dirtiest sport of all NRL, anyone any good is lined up. He has had two of the worst knock outs l have seen in his career. Never would l ever encourage any one of my family to play this sport, what did the Bunker do, nothing and the commentators who were as one eyed as the Ref, on your own fellas not protection in this game.