NRL: The Melbourne Storm have defeated a gritty South Sydney Rabbitohs outfit 28-16 at Accor Stadium.
Ryan Papenhuyzen has given the strongest indication yet that he wants to stay at the Storm, with the superstar fullback declaring “I don’t want to go anywhere” despite being linked with a move to Parramatta if he can’t get a deal sorted with Melbourne.
There was a report during summer that the Storm were trying to shop Papenhuyzen to other clubs, but officials shot that down immediately and said how committed they were to keeping a man who was touted as the game’s next elite fullback before a series of devastating injuries slowed him down. “I’ve done a lot of work on my mental side of the game and I’ve done a lot of work on the technical side of the game, and now it’s about physically getting those reps in. I think I’ll be a better player for it, but at the same time I can see why they’re waiting.
“I love Rylesy and I think he’ll do great things with Parramatta, but there are things beyond that,” he said, keen to build on his combo with fellow spine members Cameron Munster, Jahrome Hughes and Harry Grant. “Sometimes you look into those things a little too deeply. As long as you’re happy in one place and happy with the guys that you’re working with, why would you ?”
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