Cooper Cronk is paid from Melbourne's football cap to mentor its halves despite holding a similar deal with the Sydney Roosters, Storm chief executive Justin Rodski says.
A furore over Cronk ignited when he was spotted in action at Storm training last week.
His manager, George Mimis, initially claimed that Cronk was a club corporate ambassador only, with no formal coaching role. The Storm have now revealed otherwise.
"Cooper has a mentoring role with our halves Cameron [Munster] and Jahrome [Hughes]," Rodski told The Daily Telegraph.
"He's not here all that often but he's a legend of the game and has a great footy brain. To have him mentoring these guys is extremely valuable for us.
"A component of his deal has been lodged and approved by the NRL as part of our footy cap."
The Telegraph reported that Roosters coach Trent Robinson had no problem with Cronk's dual roles, yet Roosters officials are privately concerned, having thought that their coaching deal with the four-time premiership winner was exclusive.
Cronk works at the Tricolours with Luke Keary, with whom he won the 2018-19 titles, and will try to cement Lachie Lam as the club's No.6 this season. Brilliant youngster Sam Walker is also in the Roosters system.
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