About Ryan Papenhuyzen
Ryan Papenhuyzen (born 10 June 1998) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a fullback for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. Papenhuyzen won the 2020 NRL Grand Final with Melbourne, winning the Clive Churchill Medal. He also played in the 2024 and 2025 NRL Grand Final with the Storm. He represented the Australia title-winning inaugural 9's side in 2019. == Early life == Papenhuyzen was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Dutch descent. He grew up in Kellyville, New South Wales, was educated at Oakhill College, Castle Hill where he played three seasons of rugby union in the college's 1st XV (2014–16) and also represented the 2015 Australian Schoolboys in rugby league. After graduating high school, he attended Australian Catholic University studying degree in Physical Activity, Health and Exercise Science. He played touch football and played his junior rugby league for Kellyville Bushrangers, Dundas Shamrocks and the Hills District Bulls before being signed by Balmain Tigers. == Career == === Early career === Papenhuyzen played his junior representative rugby league for Balmain in the S. G. Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup. He later played for the Wests Tigers NRL Under-20s team.
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