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Zac Lomax will be required to attend the Supreme Court in Sydney to give his side of the story in his dispute with Parramatta, but the star winger won’t have to pay the legal bill if he loses.
Lomax’s former club, Parramatta, has commenced legal action in the NSW Supreme Court to try to stop the star back signing with the Storm after he was released last year to join the now delayed Rugby 360 competition.
The Raiders say they were never interested in Zac Lomax.Credit: Getty Images
The matter was back in court for two directions hearings on Friday. One of the key claims was that by Christmas Eve Lomax’s lawyer had allegedly told Parramatta that three clubs were potentially interested in taking him for the 2026 season.
It was alleged that, along with Melbourne, Perth and Canberra were also possible landing points for the State of Origin representative. However, the Bears and Raiders strenuously deny ever expressing any interest in Lomax.
In a further twist, the court heard that the Storm have indemnified Lomax, which means the NRL club will pay his legal costs should the case go against him. Regardless, Lomax will be required to provide evidence that Parramatta had unreasonably withheld their consent in denying him a transfer to the Storm.
“It’s clear he will need to give evidence on those matters that relate to him, which means it’s an issue he will need to be cross-examined on,” said the barrister acting for the Eels, Arthur Moses.
Moses revealed a key plank of Parramatta’s legal argument is that Lomax had only “presented himself as wanting to go to the Melbourne Storm and nobody else”, when it would be reasonable for him to also negotiate with other clubs.
“On the evidence that we’ve got from the production material, there was contact made by his lawyer with the club to propose three different clubs for Mr Lomax to go to potentially,” Moses said.
“One of them was the Storm, one of them were the Bears and one of them were the Raiders. Now there were three that they proposed in that communication.
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