Suspended centre Will Chambers has been helping Melbourne youngster Curtis Scott prepare for Friday night's NRL final by playing the role of Souths powerhouse skipper Greg Inglis in training.
Chambers will miss the qualification final at AAMI Park in the last match of a three-game ban but Scott said the Test centre had been doing all he could to ensure a Storm win.
"It probably helps a bit that Will is suspended so he can be GI (Inglis) at training," said Scott, who will be shifted to the Storm's right side to replace Chambers.
"He always helps me but this week I've been pulling him aside more than I usually do and have been saying, 'Get that big fend up for us please mate so I can get used to it'.
"He's really handy for all the outside backs in the side."
The 20-year-old said he too had played the role of Inglis - in the backyard as a kid - and had always looked up to the NRL star who became a Storm great by playing 117 games between 2005-2010.
But he wouldn't be digging out any footage of those matches before Friday night.
"I probably won't be watching his highlight reel before the game that's for sure," Scott said.
"He's done so much in the game and he's someone I've looked up to as a young fella, trying to mimic him in the backyard."
In their final round loss to Penrith the Storm missed the finishing prowess of athletic winger Suliasi Vunivalu, but the Fijian is back for the Rabbitohs after recovering from a hamstring issue.
Key men Billy Slater and Cameron Munster also return with Scott saying the team had put the disappointment of missing out on the minor premiership behind them.
"Everyone was a little bit down in the dumps looking at the review but once we got out of there we had to look at our next job and all the boys are past that now and are really excited for the finals," he said.
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