Melbourne NRL captain Cameron Smith says his team needs less talk and more action on the field and has to lift to beat St George Illawarra in an early season blockbuster at Etihad Stadium on Good Friday.
Both teams are unbeaten after three rounds and boast the two best defensive records in the competition.
Defending premiers Melbourne maintained their perfect record by grinding out a 16-10 win over Penrith at CUA Stadium on Saturday.
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The holiday fixture will be the Storm's first in Melbourne following their World Club Challenge match in England and three away assignments in the NRL.
Smith and coach Craig Bellamy emphasised Melbourne had plenty of room for improvement after "ugly" wins in the first three rounds.
Smith recognised Melbourne will have to lift significantly to meet the challenge of a Dragons outfit that Bellamy agreed was the benchmark side so far this season.
"They play a good style of football, they really starve opposition of the ball and that's what makes it really hard," Smith told AAP.
Meanwhile, Bulldogs centre Josh Morris rocketed to the top of the NRL try-scorers' table on Sunday with four against a hapless Sydney Roosters outfit in Canterbury's crushing 60-14 win at ANZ Stadium.
The haul took Morris's tally to six for the season, one more than twin brother Brett who bagged two for St George Illawarra on Friday night, the Warriors' Manu Vatuvei and Roosters halfback Mitchell Pearce.
Moore said he'd thrown down the gauntlet to his classy centre at training on Saturday.
"I said, 'It looks like your brother put a bit of a challenge to you," Moore said.
"We had a bit of a laugh about that but he certainly responded, didn't he?"
Morris had a hat-trick by halftime as the Bulldogs blew the Roosters' bright start to the season out of the water, leading 30-4 by the break.
He added another when Roosters fullback Todd Carney, who had his first shocker for his new club, spilled a kick in the 61st minute and Morris was there to pounce.
"I was probably a bit lucky on a couple of them and I probably had some good karma today," Morris said.
The Morris twins, who both play on the left side of the field for their clubs, are now hoping to play alongside each other, literally, when State of Origin selection comes around after playing together in a Test against France last year.
