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Roosters fullback James Tedesco.

Melbourne's right-side defence continues to cause concern but Craig Bellamy insists the new-look combination will be given time to click.

Many of the 12 tries scored against the Storm this season have come down the right-hand side occupied by Curtis Scott and Suliasi Vunivalu, with the Roosters in particular savage on this part of the field during last week's 21-20 victory over Bellamy's side.

The Storm moved veteran centre Will Chambers from the right hand side of defence to the left at the start of the season to partner flying machine Josh Addo-Carr, meaning the Scott-Vunivala partnership remains in its infancy.

But Bellamy is backing the duo to find form shortly and says he won't move Chambers back to the left or make any other major positional changes for their traditional Anzac Day clash against the Warriors.

"We have been really happy with what Will has been doing on the other side and there are just a couple of things we need to be a bit more aware of on that right-hand side," Bellamy said on Wednesday.

"There are a couple of young guys there, so they will take a little bit of time to gel.

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"We are really confident with all of those guys, so hopefully they will be better this week."

Bellamy noted that the star-studded Roosters’ back line would have attacked on the right, regardless of who was matched up on them.

"We have had a few issues on that right side," Bellamy said. "But if you’ve got (Luke) Keary, (Latrell) Mitchell, (Daniel) Tupou and (Boyd) Cordner together that’s an area you are going to attack and it doesn’t matter who we have got there.

"If you have got four or five guys there with shotguns they are probably still going to attack with that sort of talent."

The Storm head into round seven against the Warriors with a few injury concerns and Bellamy said he would wait until an hour before kickoff to finalise his squad.

Reserve hooker Brandon Smith remains in doubt with a shoulder problem, while there are others still nursing complaints from the physical grand final rematch against the Roosters last Friday.

"There are a couple in doubt and it's always a bit of a lucky dip coming into Anzac Day," Bellamy said.

"Sometimes you get a longer break, but it often seems you get a short break. You are not sure even all the way up until kick-off who you are going to have in there."

While the Warriors head into the match with just two wins from the first six rounds, Bellamy knows the special occasion of Anzac Day will bring out the best in Stephen Kearney's side.

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"We don’t take too much notice of what the Warriors have done before Anzac Day," Bellamy said.

"It is a big game for our club ... I know it’s a big game for them as well.

"It doesn’t really matter what has happened before, we know everyone is going to be up for tomorrow night and ready to go."

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