{"id":502073,"date":"2026-02-25T01:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502073\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T01:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:01:10","slug":"parramatta-eels-issue-subpoena-against-nrl-for-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502073\/","title":{"rendered":"Parramatta Eels issue subpoena against NRL for documents"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cDuring negotiations, this communication was not disclosed by the Melbourne Storm to the Parramatta Eels. It is not known whether any other communications have occurred between the NRL and the Melbourne Storm concerning the placing of pressure or otherwise on the Parramatta Eels to accept offers made by the Melbourne Storm.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Eels also alleged that in a phone call between Tripp and Eels counterpart Matthew Beach on January 13, the latter again rejected a $200,000 transfer fee.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the telephone call, Mr Tripp referred to the possibility of punitive steps being taken by the NRL against Parramatta Eels in relation to its salary cap if Parramatta Eels did not agree to the proposal being put forward by the Melbourne Storm,\u201d according to a document the Eels tendered to the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis assertion by the Melbourne Storm was intended or had the tendency to exert pressure on the Parramatta Eels in circumstances where the NRL had never communicated such a stance to the Parramatta Eels.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Eels raised the assertion in writing on January 22 with Abdo, who denied the NRL had made such a statement to the Storm.<\/p>\n

ARLC chairman Peter V\u2019landys has publicly supported Lomax<\/a>, raising concerns about his mental state and claimed the star winger has copped a public pile-on akin only to that endured by Latrell Mitchell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know the character of the bloke, he\u2019s a good person,\u201d V\u2019landys told this masthead earlier this month, pointing to charity work he had undertaken.<\/p>\n

\"Australian<\/p>\n

Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V\u2019landys.Credit: Getty<\/p>\n

In court on Tuesday, the barrister acting for the Eels, Arthur Moses, said it was appropriate Tripp should have to provide his evidence in person.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Tripp is not only a witness in this case, he is a central player in respect of this saga,\u201d Moses said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is the one who of course who made the initial contact with Parramatta in respect of Mr Lomax going across to the Storm.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe is the one who has given comfort to Mr Lomax by having the Melbourne Storm not only reach an agreement with him, in respect of him playing for the Storm subject to contractual terms, but also indemnifying him in respect of the restraint that is now being said is invalid weeks after he and his lawyers not only assisted in the drafting of it, but agreed to its terms.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a strategist behind the matter. He is not a witness \u2013 we say he is an actor in respect to this. He has a big part \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Tripp looms large in respect of the matter. His credibility is at issue in respect to the proceedings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDuring negotiations, this communication was not disclosed by the Melbourne Storm to the Parramatta Eels. It is not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-502073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502073","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=502073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}