Storm legend Cooper Cronk is tipping master mentor Craig Bellamy to "sprinkle that magic dust" to ensure Melbourne remain NRL title forces despite suffering an alarming exodus of class and experience. Melbourne enter the 2023 season without the services of representative big guns Jesse and Kenny Bromwich, Brandon Smith and Felise Kaufusi, who between them boasted some 791 games at the club. Most believe the quartet's absence will leave a huge void in the Storm's forward pack. "There's a lot of changeovers in terms of the starting forward pack but you've got to remember that the Bromwich boys and Kaufusi and Brandon Smith weren't household names when they first started," Cronk told. "So he'll apply the same ingredients and recipes that he did with other players and Trent Loiero, Josh King, Harry Grant's already a star. "Tariq Sims, Eliesa Katoa, he'll sprinkle that Melbourne Storm magic dust of hard work and intensity and they'll fill a role. "They'll be role players and be great." "He doesn't buy into the 'challenge' sort of aspect," Cronk said. "His greatest strength is that he coaches now and he coaches tomorrow. "What happens two weeks from now is really irrelevant and he stays in the moment."
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