Ryan Papenhuyzen survives first contact session after fears season was over

“We’re not going to do that, and he’ll play some Queensland Cup games, without a doubt,” Bellamy said. “How much match practice he’ll need at that lower level, I’m not quite sure. There’s no way he would come straight back into the NRL after how long he’s had out.

“From what I had seen a few weeks ago, what he was doing and what he wasn’t doing, I couldn’t see that [return] happening.