Cooper Cronk leaves wife out of the loop

Roosters coach Trent Robinson said he was trusting his players to keep Cooper Cronk’s fitness a secret all week.According to reports Roosters board members have not even been told if the star halfback will be fit to play the Storm on Sunday night.The secret has remained a secret throughout the week — and now we know the extraordinary lengths the players went to to keep the news under wraps.Fox League NRL 360 host Paul Kent told Triple M
NRL on Sunday afternoon that not even Cronk’s wife Tara Rushton has been told if her husband will play or not.Kent said he asked Rushton when they crossed paths on Sunday — only to be told she didn’t know if Cronk’s shoulder injury will keep him out.“Even she doesn’t know,” Kent said.Meanwhile, Channel 9 guru Phil Gould suggested he believes Cronk will play against the Storm after a conversation he had with Roosters chairman Nick Politis this weekend.Gould told Channel 9 that Politis has led him to believe that Cronk is expected to pass his fitness test during the team’s warm-up.