Cooper Cronk to miss second State of Origin game with knee injury
Monday 8 June 2015 09:04, UK
Queensland will be without scrum-half Cooper Cronk for the second game in the State of Origin series next week because of a knee injury.
Australia star Cronk was the hero of Queensland's 11-10 victory in the opening game last month with his late drop goal proving to be the winning kick in Sydney.
Cronk was injured late in the Melbourne Storm's 20-0 NRL win over Penrith on Saturday and scans have revealed a meniscus tear.
"Scans revealed the extent of the injury with Cronk to undergo surgery on Tuesday morning," the Storm said in a statement.
"After pulling up well on Sunday morning and medical staff confident the injury would respond well to treatment during the week, Cronk woke on Monday morning with the knee feeling worse and was sent for scans.
"Playing any further would put him at risk of further damaging his knee, hence the decision to have surgery and repair the tear was decided as the best course of action."
Manly Sea Eagles playmaker Daly Cherry-Evans is expected to come in for Cronk against New South Wales in Melbourne on June 17 - Queensland will name their team on Tuesday.
