When injuries had Melbourne Storm’s Ryan Papenhuyzen at his lowest ebb, time on the farm with club legend Billy Slater, and his horses, boosted his spirits.
When Melbourne Storm full-back Ryan Papenhuyzen was at his lowest ebb, it was club legend Billy Slater who was there to pick him up.
Time with Slater’s horses, and his family, helped clear Papenhuyzen’s head, and he revealed his gratitude to the Slaters in an interview with Nine’s“I feel like the third child in the Slater family. Credit to you and Nic. You reached out straight away and said if you need some time away, we will open our doors up to you,” Papenhuyzen said in the interview.“It’s something I’ll be forever grateful for.
“Working with a 500-kilogram animal that you have no control over – it takes you out of your comfort zone,” Slater said with a laugh.“Most severe hay fever I had ever it too,” he recalled. “It was very uncomfortable but I remember telling my mates about what I’d done. I’m a horse guy now.” “He said I should take a photo of it but not share it – but it was too good not to post, my knee is in pieces.
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