Summary:
Zac Lomax has settled his legal dispute with the Parramatta Eels, agreeing he cannot return to the NRL without the club’s written consent before the 2028 season.
In a surprise development in the NSW Supreme Court, both parties reached a settlement that largely upholds the original terms of his release. Lomax will now be free to return to the NRL without Parramatta’s consent in 2028 instead of 2029 — but until then, he remains restricted.
This means he cannot join the Melbourne Storm unless the Eels provide written approval.
As part of the agreement, Melbourne must pay $250,000 towards Parramatta’s legal costs.
The dispute arose after Lomax was released from his $700,000-per-year contract to pursue an opportunity in the failed R360 rugby union competition. Parramatta included a clause preventing him from signing with another NRL club until November 2028 without their consent. Negotiations between Melbourne and Parramatta broke down over transfer fees and player swap proposals before the matter was resolved in court.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/zac-lomax-once-again-in-contract-limbo-after-settling-with-parramatta/news-story/28e01750be0a26c3e610008358d71d71
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Congratulations JS MB and whomever else was involved.
We've done all the right things here we aren't the ones at fault and never have been.
This is how the decision should have panned out and unfortunately Zac you made your own bed and now you have to lie in it.
Well done to the club.
Melbourne go fark yourselves.
What is Brent Read gonna argue today?
He annoyed the crap out of me the other night on NRL 360. It was like he was on the Melbourne payroll. The other three panellists were all against him, yet he didn't back down once.
He often takes on the contrarian role. I think that's his assigned position on that show....and yes, he is annoying!
It's also interesting Paul Crawley stopped writing about this for Foxsport (he was voraciously pro-Eels, anti-Lomax) as soon as V'landys broke his two-week plus silence. After that, they all were written by Steve Zemek or the generic Foxsport team from then on. Mmm.
Bring on Thursday night
Just hope nrl doesn't take it out on Iongi now 😅😅😅
I have a feeling the NRL will be pretty nice to us for a while given we obviously have a few smoking guns they obviously don't want public.
Why when parra have info to make Vlandys lose his job and reputation and can put the game 10 years back.
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