Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy is certain Queensland fullback Billy Slater will have no problem recovering from his hamstring injury to play in Origin I.

Slater suffered tightness on Tuesday and was not risked in the Storm's 7-6 victory over the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville on Friday.

Bellamy insists Slater could have played if needed and has no doubts that he will line up in maroon at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 6.

"It was a strange one, he just got through the warm-up and felt it tighten after five minutes which was only half or three-quarter pace," Bellamy said.

"He had a scan the next day and there's a little tear or strain there.