The Sharks have accused the Storm of niggling and wrestling tactics this week.

Bellamy has returned serve and insists Cronulla's comments are laughable.

"They are telling us we are the grubs and they are holier than thou, the squeaky clean Sharks - please, give me a break," he told The Age.

"Each individual is just getting their role done, their job done, and as a team we have a plan we want to stick to.

"It doesn’t needle us but the other clubs in the competition sit back and laugh at that, saying we are the grubs and we do this and we do that.

"We know what we have to do. As they have kept telling us all week we are very tough, very disciplined – no, I mean very experienced – team.

"Disciplined? I’m not quite sure about that.”

Cronulla say they plan to target Storm hooker Cameron Smith in the semi-final.
 
"The Sharks say they are going to go after Cameron Smith. Well, what else is new?” Bellamy said.

"Everyone goes after Cameron Smith but Cameron, like Paul Gallen, hasn’t played nearly 400 NRL games without getting through while getting targeted in games.

"I’m sure he will handle that OK and it will give us a couple of opportunities in other situations if they want to go out and focus on Cameron all night."