Melbourne Storm halfback Cooper Cronk is out of Saturday's Round 24 NRL Telstra Premiership clash with the Knights in Newcastle.

The Storm have reduced their 21-man squad 24-hours before kick-off, with Cronk and Robbie Rochow not named in the 19-man group to face the in-form Knights.

According to melbournestorm.com.au, Cronk will continue to manage his body following a heavy workload throughout the State of Origin period.

Jahrome Hughes has now been named at halfback, with Tohu Harris, Brodie Croft and Nate Myles all chances of joining the interchange bench.

No early changes for the Knights, with Jack Cogger and Brendan Elliot dropping off the reserves bench. Both clubs have until one hour before kick-off to finalise their 17-man teams.

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Match Draw Widget

[2017] Telstra Premiership - Round 24: Knights vs Storm

‌Knights

1 Dane Gagai

2 Ken Sio

3 Joe Wardle

4 Peter Mata'utia

5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall

6 Brock Lamb

7 Trent Hodkinson

8 Daniel Saifiti

9 Jamie Buhrer (C)

10 Josh King

11 Sione Mata'utia (C)

12 Lachlan Fitzgibbon

13 Mitchell Barnett

Interchange:

14 Dani Levi

15 Luke Yates

16 Sam Stone

17 Jacob Saifiti

Reserves:

19 Mickey Paea

21 Chanel Mata'utia

Storm

1. Billy Slater

2. Suliasi Vunivalu

3. Will Chambers

4. Curtis Scott

5. Josh Addo-Carr

6. Cameron Munster

15. Jahrome Hughes

8. Jesse Bromwich

9. Cameron Smith (C)

10. Jordan McLean

11. Felise Kaufusi

12. Joe Stimson

13. Dale Finucane

Interchange:

14. Nelson Asofa-Solomona

16. Kenny Bromwich

17. Slade Griffin

21. Nate Myles

Reserves:

18. Tohu Harris

19. Brodie Croft

Official NRL Team Lists

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