Official 2026 NRL General Discussion

Lol at the Storm for even thinking the Eels would be okay with them signing Lomax
 
Sevshark said:
Lol at the Storm for even thinking the Eels would be okay with them signing Lomax
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Capital_Shark said:
Worth a shot
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The more interesting thing is that Lomax may be fishing around for a return to NRL, and hasn't just jumped straight into bed with the eels.
Suggests anything else he was looking at isn't panning out to his liking.

Obviously the Eels don't let Lomax go to Storm (or anyone) without something they want in return.

Not sure how the timing falls with Kelly but can't imagine they don't take Lomax back because they prefer Kelly. Either get Lomax or both.

At the moment (per ZT) they are
IN: De Belin, Pezet and Kelly
OUT: Lomax, Brown, Cartwright, Lane, Ofahengaue, Greig, Hands, Hawkins
and extended Iongi and JAC (can't imagine JAC gets a pay rise). Plus have a heap of guys off contract after this season to try make something work.
Surely could have still fit Lomax back in.
 
(just removed this reply from Burns' thread and copied to here where Lomax was also being discussed)

Gumby said:
Zac Lomax has hired a lawyer to try find a loophole in his release from the Eels & the ongoing 3 year ban from playing for any other nrl team.
Melbourne Storm have approached Lomax about signing him for next season but the Eels told them to **** off - they own him for 3 years.

Lomax has 2 offers from rugby union clubs however Rugby Australia isn't guaranteeing a top of from the 300k he would earn by playing super rugby.

Pretty much Lomax has realised he has completely ****ed up & is now trying to find a way out of the shitstorm he created.
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If Eels can't take him or don't want him and he finds a loophole other clubs should refuse to sign him.
Eels let him dog them and break contract to chase something and he agreed to the terms of the separation. It shouldn't be acceptable in the NRL for him to weasel back out of a broken contract and the agreement around that. Clubs shouldn't support players to do things like that.

Obviously if someone wants to make a good trade* offer to Eels they should entertain that and let him sign somewhere, but that is the original agreement.

Now, if he had spotted a loophole in advance and knew he had a way back going around eels, that would be on them, but I'm assuming he hasn't.

*or transfer fee, although I'd rather not see that become common practice in the NRL as the richer clubs have enough advantages
 
bort said:
(just removed this reply from Burns' thread and copied to here where Lomax was also being discussed)


If Eels can't take him or don't want him and he finds a loophole other clubs should refuse to sign him.
Eels let him dog them and break contract to chase something and he agreed to the terms of the separation. It shouldn't be acceptable in the NRL for him to weasel back out of a broken contract and the agreement around that. Clubs shouldn't support players to do things like that.

Obviously if someone wants to make a good trade* offer to Eels they should entertain that and let him sign somewhere, but that is the original agreement.

Now, if he had spotted a loophole in advance and knew he had a way back going around eels, that would be on them, but I'm assuming he hasn't.

*or transfer fee, although I'd rather not see that become common practice in the NRL as the richer clubs have enough advantages
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My bad, thought I was posting all of this in the rumour mill lol

100% agree with what you've written here.
 
I hope Eels stick to their guns

I wrote a while back Eels should have made an offer like $400k to come back, atleast they would have saved some money and got back their rep winger back.

But if they have actually moved on and don’t want him, Storm shouldn’t get a free pick at him. If it wasn’t for 360 I’m sure Lomax would still be on Eels books. 360 falling over isn’t Eels fault, that’s Lomax fault.
 
He's hired the same lawyer that Israel Falau went through to destroy Rugby Australia.
 
Gal The Goat said:
I hope Eels stick to their guns

I wrote a while back Eels should have made an offer like $400k to come back, atleast they would have saved some money and got back their rep winger back.

But if they have actually moved on and don’t want him, Storm shouldn’t get a free pick at him. If it wasn’t for 360 I’m sure Lomax would still be on Eels books. 360 falling over isn’t Eels fault, that’s Lomax fault.
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Yep he got greedy and went off early.

There is a case to say he did do Eels a bit of a favour by leaving earlier, as it gave them more time to adjust, but I think we all suspect greed was the primary motivator, especially if he is trying to loophole his decision now that it has backfired.
 
Sevshark said:
Assume this headgear is better at protecting the brain somehow?

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NFL tried a similarly bulked up helmet only to eventually decide it made no discernible difference.
When you go from 30km an hour to stopped by two 110kg walls coming back at you the other way at similar speed cushioning on the outside of the skull does nothing.

Will help prevent cuts etc, could be the case he has something he is trying to protect more in that regard, and this would then help a lot.

Or just doing ****ing anything they can to try rattle his skull less. I supposed if it does reduce impacts on the brain by 0.1% that is still something
(number based on nothing)
 
bort said:
Yep he got greedy and went off early.

There is a case to say he did do Eels a bit of a favour by leaving earlier, as it gave them more time to adjust, but I think we all suspect greed was the primary motivator, especially if he is trying to loophole his decision now that it has backfired.
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100% this is the case.

Rugby Union Australian clubs have offered him around 300k
Super League clubs offered around the same
And the R360 is dead for at least 2 years.

His spitting the dummy now & trying to play the victim. ****ing idiot, hope he gets nothing.
 
Won't be surprised if we end up seeing a swap deal, Lomax for Blore.
 
RivShark said:
Won't be surprised if we end up seeing a swap deal, Lomax for Blore.
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No Blore no EKat would be tough to cover.

Speaking of, although still considered ‘ruled out’ for the season good to see Eli running and doing ball work in storms preseason
 
When I saw Lomax on The Matty John’s Show a few years ago ridiculing Matt Dufty among others - I formed the opinion that he wasn’t all that sharp .

He keeps providing more evidence ..
 
Gumby said:
I actually agree. This squad has been together for ages now, it's now or never. This year is our last shot for maybe 2-3 years as we know we'll be losing a few players by the end of this season.
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Don't really get this logic tbh. Going forward we'll still have Tricky, Nicho and Blayke in their prime with AFB, Iro, Ronnie with likely others being retained. Honestly think our window is open for at least 3 years.
 
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HaroldBishop said:
Don't really get this logic tbh. Going forward we'll still have Tricky, Nicho and Blayke in their prime with AFB, Iro, Ronnie with likely others being retained. Honestly think our window is open for at least 3 years.
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Yeah and if you recruit, develop and offload well, you can just keep rolling over indefinitely.

I mean, Melbourne have been challenging for 20-something years straight now.
 
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