Storm winger Steve Turner says he learned a lesson from the NRL tug-of-war over his services and hopes Gold Coast bears him no grudges.

Turner had no problem training in searing conditions on Tuesday because it meant being united with his Melbourne teammates after two months of training by himself while the Storm and Titans fought for his services.

The 22-year-old last year verbally agreed to play for the Titans in 2007 but reneged on that pledge and re-signed with the Storm amid a fine 2006 season.

After months of bickering, the Titans struck an agreement with the 2006 grand finalist on Monday by letting Turner continue his career in Melbourne.

Now a Storm player until at least the end of the 2009 season, Turner admitted he had made a mistake by agreeing to play for a rival before the 2006 season was over, and had learned plenty from the five-month saga.

"Young blokes do make mistakes," he said.

"I just hope I don't make this mistake again in my football career.

"In saying that, I hope all parties don't make that mistake again and we can learn from this and prevent this from happening in the future."

Turner will get an early indication of what Gold Coast's players and fans think of his refusal to head north, as the two clubs play a trial match in mid-February.

"I just hope everyone understands why I wanted to stay here and it wasn't anything against the Gold Coast Titans," he said.

"It's just that I wanted to be here, at Melbourne.

"I found my feet here, it's home for me and my partner Kate and we're really enjoying Melbourne.

"I wish the Titans the best of luck this year and I hope there's no grudges held against me in the future."

As part of a compensation deal, Melbourne will trade Smith Samau and Daniel Isaac to the NRL newcomer, while Turner will also chip in part of an $85,000 sweetener package.

Turner said he never considered sitting out of the NRL if he was forced to leave the Storm as he missed the 2005 season with a foot injury, but was happy he could stop training by himself.

"There were times where I thought `Why am I doing this?', but I put myself in the situation and I've finally got the outcome that I wanted," he said.

"There were moments that were tough and I can now not train by myself."

Storm football manager Dean Lance was also hopeful the Turner saga would prevent players and their agents heading down a similar path.

"I'm sure everyone's learnt some very valuable lessons out of this and ... a good lesson to be learnt is that clubs can come together and come to an agreement without having to go to the courts," Lance said.

"Two clubs have got together here and common sense has prevailed and I think both clubs are happy with the outcome."

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