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This would see the NSW Blues representative return to the NRL after a move to the Melbourne Storm fell through and Burton, whose future is currently clouded in uncertainty, will travel the other way.<\/p>\n
\u201cParramatta haven\u2019t said that they don\u2019t want him to come back to the game. They just want a player in return. They don\u2019t want money,\u201d co-host Braith Anasta said to initiate the discussion.<\/p>\n
\u201cMelbourne did not have a sufficient player to replace Zac Lomax. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s other clubs over the next 12 months that I guarantee you one of them will have a player that Parramatta will go, you know what? He\u2019s going to help and benefit our team.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was at this time that Gorden Tallis pointed out that Burton, who has recently been linked to the Perth Bears and exit from the Belmore-based side, would be the ideal player to negotiate for.<\/p>\n
Ready BLOWS UP over Zac Lomax saga | 11:48<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually think that\u2019s a really good swap,\u201d Brent Read said.<\/p>\n
The proposal came after the panel discussed Lomax\u2019s future, following his recent sighting outside of Rugby Australia\u2019s headquarters, where it is understood he held preliminary talks with them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear there are no rugby league clubs interested in Zac Lomax from what I understand. There\u2019s no one who\u2019s put their hand up to sign him even the Perth Bears,\u201d Read said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a big star but he also comes with baggage. We all know the baggage Zac brings\u2026(but) it\u2019s a blow to rugby league that we lose a player of that talent.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll spend 12 months in rugby union.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since the 1980s, the Canterbury Bulldogs and Parramatta Eels have had a storied rivalry with one another but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-517811","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\/517811","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=517811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}