{"id":287847,"date":"2025-11-16T07:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/287847\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T07:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:50:10","slug":"eels-release-star-winger-to-join-rugby-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/287847\/","title":{"rendered":"Eels release star winger to join Rugby 360"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parramatta have granted Zac Lomax an immediate release amid speculation the star winger will defect to Rugby 360.<\/p>\n<p>Lomax has played his last game for the Eels after they released him from the final three years of his contract, worth about $700,000 a season. One of the terms of the release is that Lomax can\u2019t play for another NRL club without Parramatta\u2019s express permission.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Parramatta\u2019s star back Zac Lomax.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/b1d0970599fd856d00c612911853114b7ed79da0.jpeg\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parramatta\u2019s star back Zac Lomax.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>But given the NRL has threatened Rugby 360 defectors with a 10-year ban, Lomax probably won\u2019t play in the 13-man code again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Parramatta Eels can confirm that Zac Lomax has been granted an immediate release from his playing contract to pursue opportunities outside the NRL,\u201d the Eels said in a statement on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club would like to thank Zac for his contribution during his time with the Eels in 2025 and we wish him all the best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lomax has not told the Eels what his plans are, but the club suspects he will join the breakaway rugby competition. The 26-year-old spent only one year in the blue and gold after the Dragons granted his request for a release.<\/p>\n<p>Parramatta\u2019s other representative winger, Josh Addo-Carr, agreed to a one-year extension on Thursday that will keep him at the club until the end of 2027. It is likely that Bailey Simonsson \u2013 who appeared to fall out with coach Jason Ryles last season before the pair settled their differences \u2013 is in the box seat to take the other wing spot.<\/p>\n<p>More to come<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parramatta have granted Zac Lomax an immediate release amid speculation the star winger will defect to Rugby 360.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-287847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}