Origin star meets with Aussie Tremendous Rugby aspect after R360 falls over
He may need paid a heavy worth for R360 falling over, however homeless Origin star Zac Lomax might nonetheless shift codes after assembly with Tremendous Rugby officers.
After the Brumbies expressed curiosity in signing the 26-year-old, the previous Parramatta winger met with the Power in Perth on Tuesday and can proceed his tour of the Tremendous Rugby franchise on Wednesday.
The tour occurred lower than every week after R360 – the Components One-inspired travelling highway present, which promised tens of millions and threatened to alter the rugby and rugby league panorama – fell over and was pushed again till 2028.
It got here after Lomax, who was one of many match’s targets from the NRL, walked out on his $700,000-a-year deal at Parramatta final month, one season into his four-year deal.
Whereas NRL boss Peter V’landys stated he would welcome again Lomax, in addition to former Storm star Ryan Papenhuizen again regardless of the specter of 10-year bans, the winger, as a part of his launch clause, can solely return to the competitors by way of the Eels.
That element has muddied the waters round a return to the NRL.
Zac Lomaxcelebrates after scoring a strive throughout sport one of many Males’s State of Origin sequence at Suncorp Stadium on Could 28, 2025 in Brisbane. (Photograph by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Photographs)
The Roar final week reported that Lomax’s officers had additionally reached out to officers in France, whereas Main League Rugby in America can also be an possibility.
Lomax would probably need to take a significant pay minimize to affix a Tremendous Rugby franchise, particularly given most rosters are full.
That might imply Rugby Australia would probably have to come back to the occasion in the event that they wished a bit of Lomax.
And given the Wallabies’ struggles within the air, in addition to his profile, RA officers would probably take into account Lomax’s value.
The truth that Lomax doesn’t have a historical past in rugby union gained’t assist his bid to persuade RA executives about spending huge on the skin again.
Nevertheless, RA boss Phil Waugh has lengthy stated he would hold an “open thoughts” round recruiting gamers from the NRL.
The Power at present has Wallabies winger Dylan Pietsch on thier books, whereas former All Blacks flyer George Bridge joined the franchise not too long ago.
