HE IS one of the fastest Maroons of all time and despite being 35 years old, Chris Walker wants to trade bulldozers for an NRL comeback.

Walker, who runs an earthworks business, has lost 10 kilograms since he began training with the Ipswich Jets this pre-season.

Although Walker retired in 2011, he was solid against the Brisbane Broncos in Sunday’s opposed session at Red Hill and could be an injury stop-gap for the club later this year.

With the man who brought out his best, Wayne Bennett, watching on, the try-scoring freak showed glimpses of the talent that saw him play six Origin games for the Maroons.

Walker retired after an aborted stint with the Parramatta Eels in 2011.

He scored in all three games of his first Origin series of 2001, a terrific support player for the genius of Darren Lockyer.

media_camera Coach Wayne Bennett and Chris Walker during Origin training in 2001.

While many would write off the claims of a 35-year-old outside back, Lote Tuqiri proved in his premiership win for South Sydney last year that experienced wingers are still needed in the NRL.

Asked if he had been in Bennett’s ear about a return to Brisbane, Walker replied “He knows I’m back.

“Anything can happen but I have to play good football for the Jets and get a spot there,” Walker said.

“I am 35, I have to be a realist.

“Look at guys like Willie Mason, Lote Tuqiri, the guys who are around my age.

“Lote was 35 when he won that premiership and he started the year in reserve grade.

“I do have an ambition to play in the NRL.

“My first goal is to just enjoy football again.

“In 2011, my earthworks business was taking off so I retired to look after it and now the business is going well enough for me to have time for another go at football.

“I was watching the Jets last year and got itchy feet. I don’t feel like I’m 35 when I am around the boys at the Jets.”

At his best, Walker was near unstoppable. His best football came during his four seasons in Brisbane from 1999 to 2002.

He became famous from the NSW calls of “Walker’s on” during State of Origin games, as the Blues feared the Toowoomba talent’s speed.

Walker scored 81 tries in 151 NRL games with six different clubs — Broncos, Souths, Roosters, Melbourne, Titans and the Eels.

He will be a star for the Jets this year and could be an option for Bennett during the Origin period when he will likely lose outside backs Justin Hodges and Dale Copley.

Walker said he was unsure if the speed that made him a star could return.

“I haven’t opened her up yet and gone for the sixth cylinder,” he said.

“Hopefully she will be ready halfway through the year. I have lost 10 kilos to get down to 94. I hope to be down 90 halfway through the season which would be an ideal weight.”