World Club Challenge

MELBOURNE 38, LEEDS 4 Croft guides Storm to unique treble MEDIA focus on 20-year-old halfback Brodie Croft in the lead-up to the World Club Challenge clash between Melbourne and Leeds bordered on obsessive. Anointed as the successor to Cooper Cronk as the Storm’s chief playmaker, Croft entered the game under a mountain of pressure but he emerged with his reputation enhanced by a five-star performance as Melbourne crushed the Rhinos by 34 points. The Junior Kangaroos representative was impossible to ignore as he turned on a display that so closely resembled his predecessor that onlookers could be excused for believing that Cronk had never vacated the role. Cronk-like in name and physical appearance, Croft scored a try and played a hand in four others as the Storm completed a rare treble of honours after…

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Official Rugby League Annual (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2018

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