{"id":461720,"date":"2026-06-05T03:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/461720\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T03:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:42:14","slug":"lomax-turns-down-big-overseas-offers-to-stay-with-hurricanes-and-all-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/461720\/","title":{"rendered":"Lomax turns down big overseas offers to stay with Hurricanes and All Blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyrel Lomax has turned down several big offers from overseas clubs, including Ireland powerhouse Munster, to stay with the Hurricanes and New Zealand Rugby.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced this morning that the 30-year-old All Blacks tighthead prop had re-signed until 2029.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted he had attracted attention from offshore.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with the Irish Examiner, Munster chief executive Ian Flanagan said: \u201cWe\u2019ve tabled an offer for Tyrel Lomax\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Munster is coached by former Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan.<\/p>\n<p>Lomax, who has played 48 Tests, said: \u201cYeah, I had a couple of offers. We thought about them, but we have a young family and my wife and I love being here. We wouldn\u2019t get that support on the other side of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1News presenter Scotty Stevenson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/05\/12\/take-some-of-the-language-out-dave-rennies-greatest-hints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote on May 12 <\/a>that Lomax had decided to re-sign.<\/p>\n<p>Lomax added: \u201cProbably one of the benefits of being injured over the last 12 months was it gave me a lot of time to think about my position. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, I\u2019m pretty happy being here in Wellington and New Zealand. My family is happy. I still love playing for the Hurricanes and I still love playing for the All Blacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lomax, the father of two young daughters, has been hampered by thumb and ankle injuries this season, but after playing 40 minutes for the Hurricanes against the Crusaders last weekend, is finally back to full fitness.<\/p>\n<p>He has been named on the bench to play in the qualifier against the Brumbies in Wellington tomorrow night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy with where my body has got to over the last couple of months,\u201d he said. \u201cI got through 40 minutes last week and I\u2019m just excited really, I haven\u2019t played much rugby [recently].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the Brumbies, who knocked out the Hurricanes in their first knockout match last season, he said: \u201cWe\u2019ve gone through a bit of heartbreak against them over the last few years in Canberra. They know how to play finals footy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie will name his first squad of the year on June 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyrel Lomax has turned down several big offers from overseas clubs, including Ireland powerhouse Munster, to stay with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[789,49155,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-461720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-all-blacks","tag-hurricanes","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}