Storm will use pain of loss in 2017

Melbourne will use their two-point grand final loss to Cronulla as motivation for 2017 according to veteran halfback Cooper Cronk.

Melbourne will use their grand final loss as motivation for 2017 according to halfback Cooper Cronk. (AAP)

Melbourne Storm will use the pain of their narrow grand final to loss Cronulla to drive their bid for another NRL premiership.

Halfback Cooper Cronk says there's positives to be taken from their season, including winning the minor premiership.

But he says the sting of the two-point defeat will sit with them until this time next season when they hopefully get another opportunity.