The Force’s victory came virtually two years to the day that Suaalii’s Sydney Roosters crushed Lomax’s St George Illawarra side 60-18 in a 2024 round-eight NRL mismatch.
That Anzac Day, Suaalii ran in the Roosters’ 10th and final try of the drubbing.
But Lomax had the last laugh in the latest meeting between the two friends, foes and potential 2027 Wallabies World Cup teammates.