UPDATE: V'landys broke his radio silence (Feb 7th) in support of Lomax not long after this blog, and backflipped on the bans and seems to snub his nose at his own contract-sanctity antitampering laws. It stinks.
To those with knowledge of the Eels' lower grades, do the Eels have players coming through in the outside backs who might be within 1-2 years of a) breaking into first grade, and/or b) have the potential to be star outside backs?
I have been trying to get some information on this one but can’t seem to get anything back.
There has been a bit of a whisper doing the rounds that Ryan Matterson picked up a pretty bad head knock at training during the week. With Matterson’d hi
A high-stakes court spat over embattled NRL player Zac Lomax could mean Melbourne Storm end up with a hefty legal bill instead of the star on their team.
Four-time premiers Parramatta Eels have filed legal proceedings to stop their under-contract wing
Storm chairman Matt Tripp took aim at Parramatta for what he saw as deliberately taking the dispute public, accusing the club of running to the media to control the narrative around the Zac Lomax saga. Tripp suggested the Eels chose headlines over re
Parramatta Eels SG Ball Prop Steven Nunn has extended his stay with the club. This is great news with the likes of Talagi, Koina, Polley and Popo also signed as middles of the future,
A mate of mine took an old shield for an aged effect, painted this and gifted it to me today. A great memory from a great time in Eels history. Thought I would share.
Everyone understands the Zac Lomax situation isn’t really just about a contractual dispute. A registered agreement. Legal technicalities. R360 gone pear-shaped. Timelines. Even Storm agendas. That version is neat. Sanitised.
"Perfecto! If we win I don't see how the storm actually acquires Lomax for this season, as they have already knocked our three player options back and (believe read somewhere) that they don't want to switch either. So getting what we want from them…"
"For mine it's just the player swap. Like the Warriors we want a player in exchange. Given both clubs want a player swap, on paper at least this makes a lot of sense. "
