Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk have seen Craig Bellamy pull this trick before.

A red-hot player such as Brisbane superstar Reece Walsh looming as the make-or-break man of the NRL grand final, only for Bellamy to devise a master plan for Melbourne to shut him down.

Easily the most dangerous player in the competition when he catches fire, Walsh is capable of ending the Broncos' 19-year premiership drought after producing the match-defining plays in finals wins over Canberra and Penrith.

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But under Bellamy, arguably no team is better at shutting down match-breaking players in grand finals than Melbourne.

The Storm silenced Jarryd Hayne in 2009, limited Ben Barba three years later, and did what no one else could by containing Jason

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