Controversial forward Matt Lodge may be one step closer to an NRL return after being allowed to train with Brisbane but Broncos coach Wayne Bennett says he won't be formally asking the NRL to register the ex-West Tigers prop any time soon.

The NRL granted permission for Lodge, 21, to begin training with Bennett's club this week but he is still not allowed to play after a violent night out in New York in late 2015.

Lodge was deregistered by the NRL after being arrested for harassing two women then assaulting a man in New York in 2015. Credit:Peter Rae

Lodge was sacked by the Tigers and deregistered by the NRL after being arrested for harassing two women then assaulting a good Samaritan in New York in the early hours of October 16, 2015.

Bennett said he would not attempt to fast-track Lodge's NRL registration.