Melbourne insist rookie forward Lazarus Vaalepu will rise to the occasion when he becomes the least experienced player in 30 years to feature in an NRL grand final.
Storm coach Craig Bellamy named Vaalepu on his original team sheet to face Penrith in Sunday's decider before admitting later in the week he had not yet decided whether the 25-year-old or Joe Chan would come in for the suspended Nelson Asofa-Solomona.
