Melbourne say successive NRL clashes against the Warriors and Roosters made Anzac Day planning for superstar fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck easy. The Storm host the Warriors in their annual Anzac Day meeting at AAMI Park and coach Craig Bellamy fast tracked their preparation for Tuivasa-Sheck, as it was a repeat of the work they did for James Tedesco. "Playing the Roosters and Warriors two weeks in a row, we didn't have to do as much preparation because (James) Tedesco and Roger (Tuivasa-Sheck)are very similar in a lot of ways - they're both very busy on the ball and hard to tackle," Bellamy said on Saturday. "We showed some clips of Roger and I think they were the same clips as we showed for James last week. "Roger is a wonderful player and he will be really missed when he goes to rugby union next year but hopefully we can help him have a quiet game tomorrow night." Melbourne will be without their own "main man" with Ryan Papenhuyzen missing the match with a shoulder injury and Nicho Hynes starting at fullback. The off-contract Hynes is out for a big game in his favoured position but Bellamy said they didn't want him to try to play like Papenhuyzen, who has been a competition stand-out this season.
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