Cameron Smith says the Storm have to ask themselves hard questions if they want to go back-to-back MELBOURNE STORM players insist they have the hunger to win back-to-back premierships after Melbourne skipper Cameron Smith publicly challenged the squad following Friday nights finals loss to South Sydney. Smith put the squad on notice after the 20-10 defeat at ANZ Stadium, asking Storm colleagues to personally assess whether they have the desire to defend their title. Handed a second chance, the Storm now return to Melbourne for a sudden-death clash on Saturday night against the winner of today's Canterbury-Newcastle showdown. The premiers received some positive news yesterday, with Sisa Waqa set to be cleared of serious injury after hurting his neck in an ugly incident at Homebush. CT scans on Friday showed no spinal damage and the Fijian winger, released from Westmead Hospital yesterday, has returned to Melbourne for an MRI on his neck. Waqa may yet play this week, but Smith was more concerned with the Storm's attitude after being out-enthused by a more clinical Rabbitohs side. "We need to make a decision on where we want to go as a team,"" Smith said. We know we are playing next week, so we have to turn it around real quick. It's hard to have any reasons why we are starting poorly. It has been a real trend at the back-half of the year for us. We can't hold the footy, we invite the opposition down our end and we are putting pressure on ourselves. I can't remember the last time we scored first ... it's the same old thing."" Origin back-rower Ryan Hoffman said Smith's concerns were valid but was adamant the Storm's desire hadn't waned. "The (hunger) certainly is there,"" he said. Cam is 100 per cent right, he knocked it on the head, our finish was good, but especially in the semi-finals we can't give teams cheap tries. It has to come down to ¬individual preparation and blokes getting themselves right for the game. "We haven't lost confidence in our ability, it's up to us to prove it now."" Fullback Billy Slater agreed with Hoffman, adding: "I suppose you have to ask yourself the question. I'd assume we are (hungry), everyone else is ... it's more execution things."" Storm football manager Frank Ponissi is optimistic Waqa has avoided major damage to his neck. "The doctors are confident there is no issue,"" he said. They were fearing it was a disc problem but the first CT scan negated that. At the moment, it's so far so good but the MRI will tell us more. It's too early to say if he will play this week. Doctors will see how he settles down over the next 48 hours.""