It’s been a career year for Dragons’ star Zac Lomax, one which included three straight State of Origin appearances as he helped NSW to a series victory.
But at club level, his success was matched only by his discontent, with the 24-year-old asking out of the club during head coach Shane Flanagan’s debut season in charge.
With the Dragons’ season all but over following an ironic loss to Lomax’s next team, the winger has detailed the reasons behind his choice to head north and join the Parramatta Eels in 2025.
It was reported early in the 2024 season that Lomax’s Dragons exit had come due to a positional change, with Shane Flanagan moving him from the centres out on to the wing.
However, Lomax has denied these claims, and instead said that the decision was much more internal, telling the A Lot To Talk About podcast that the driving factor behind his 2025 switch was about challenging himself.
“Ultimately, I wanted to go and test myself,” Lomax said.
“I feel for me, I’ve served my time here at the Dragons and it’s been good while I’ve been here.
“To go [to Parramatta] was a big decision, I haven’t even been up to Sydney yet, but I believe in their roster.
“They’re not doing as they would have hoped this year, they’ve obviously had a fair bit of injury, but for me, I wanted to go and test myself and I feel for me at that point in time it’s what was right, and I’m looking forward to it, I can’t wait.
“I just want to prove myself right, that’s the main thing, not so much prove people wrong in the whole decision, but I want to prove to myself that the decision I’ve made is for the better.
“I’ll get into reasons why I left, and I guess there’s a time and that will come, but for me I want to test myself… and go and get a little uncomfortable.
