A visit into the Melbourne Storm change rooms may have restarted Sisa Waqa's NRL career.
The 30-year old Fijian starred with the Storm in 2014 scoring 18 tries before moving to Canberra Raiders and eventually to French rugby union last year.
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But Waqa broke his jaw while playing for French club FC Grenoble in December and he and his family decided to move back to Melbourne.
Waqa came to watch the Storm on Anzac Day against New Zealand Warriors and after visiting his old teammates after the match was invited to meet football director Frank Ponissi and coach Craig Bellamy.
The pair offered Waqa a chance to train with the Storm and if he regains his match fitness he could be offered a contract to finish the season with the club.
The Storm need to make a decision on signing him before the June 30 deadline, and they are expected to observe Waqa for another two weeks before looking to sign him.
Waqa would bolster the Storm's outside backs as he can play wing or centre and it's believed he would take a place on the Storm's "second tier" salary cap leaving a spot available on the main list.
​Ponissi said Waqa was making strides at training but had more work to do.
"We thought if he was living in Melbourne we may as well have a look at him and see if he could help us out," Ponissi said.
"He hasn't lost anything on the playing side of things, it's purely the physical side of things he needs to improve."
Storm star Jesse Bromwich will sit out the second game of his two-game drug suspension this weekend.
He will be eligible for selection to face Newcastle Knights at AAMI Park on June 2.
Storm prop Jordan McLean said Bromwich's absence hurt the side but wasn't an excuse for their loss to the 38-36 loss to Gold Coast Titans last round.
"It's a big loss there with Jesse being out but a few of the young boys are keen to step up and put their hand up to take a bit of the work load on," McLean said.
"We play a team sport and there are 13 people on the field who have to put their hand up. We were all disappointed with the way we played on the weekend."
The Storm play South Sydney Rabbitohs at nib Stadium, Perth on Sunday at 6.30pm.
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