Cooper Cronk stuns NRL world with remarkable 'non-performance'

The full extent of Cooper Cronk’s shoulder injury has been revealed after an extraordinary performance in the NRL grand final. Cronk produced what’s been labelled the greatest ‘non-performance’ of all time to lead the Roosters to premiership glory over the Storm on Sunday. The inspirational halfback was lauded for his performance in the decider, guiding his side to a 21-6 win despite barely lifting a finger. In extraordinary scenes, Cronk didn’t run the ball once and
made just a handful of tackles. But the guidance and leadership he showed in directing his side around the park was priceless. After the match, Roosters skipper Boyd Cordner revealed that Cronk had a broken scapula (shoulder blade), making his effort to play all the more remarkable. “He actually broke his scapula. That will go down in history. That is a big performance from him,” Cordner said of Cronk. “He was touch and go right up until game time. “We had to come up with a gameplan to protect him as much as possible, and we executed that.”