Melbourne Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen has been ruled out of his side's clash against the Panthers due to a neck injury.
The gun fullback suffered the injury during last week's game with the Eels and the Storm will take the cautious approach with its young star.
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The Storm confirmed the injury update via social media on Wednesday.
"Update. Ryan Papenhuyzen has been ruled out of our round 3 clash tomorrow night due to a neck injury sustained in last weeks game. He is currently expected to miss just the one game," The Storm tweeted.
Update.
Ryan Papenhuyzen has been ruled out of our round 3 clash tomorrow night due to a neck injury sustained in last weeks game.
He is currently expected to miss just the one game.
— Melbourne Storm ๐ (@storm) March 24, 2021
Nicho Hynes looms as the likely replacement to fill in the No. 1 jersey in Papenhuyzen's absence.
Hynes has played 12 NRL games for the Storm since making his first-grade debut in 2019 - four of those at fullback.
It follows news earlier on Wednesday that Panthers star Nathan Cleary will miss the grand final rematch due to a head knock.
The Penrith and Storm clash will kick off at 8.05pm at BlueBet Stadium AEDT.
