- Representative winger is considering a boxing career or MMA
- Recently quit the Parramatta Eels after just one season
- Expected to sign with R360, likely would end NRL career
Zac Lomax’s next move in his sporting career was widely tipped to be either French Rugby or R360 – but now it could be in the boxing ring or a MMA bout.
Lomax, 26, recently walked away from his lucrative, four-year deal at the Parramatta Eels after just one season following his move from the Dragons.
The representative winger is reportedly ‘100 per cent interested’ in giving boxing or mixed martial arts (MMA) a crack.
‘When he isn’t training for footy, he’s always here [Wollongong base] doing stuff with us,’ Joe Lopez, the coach of Aussie UFC superstar Alexander Volkanovski, told Fox Sports.
‘Zac is definitely talented, he’s gifted. I actually think no matter what sport he applies himself to, he would do well.
‘When it comes to world class boxers, no not yet. But if Zac was going to fight, say, other NRL players… I think he smokes ’em.’
Zac Lomax’s next move in his sporting career was tipped to be either French Rugby or R360 – but now it could be in the boxing ring or a MMA bout (pictured, playing for the NSW Blues)
Lomax, 26, recently walked away from his lucrative, four-year deal at the Parramatta Eels after just one season following his move from the Dragons
Lomax is good mates with Aussie UFC superstar Alex Volkanovski – and often trains at his Wollongong gym (the pair are pictured, together at an NBL game)
What Lomax ultimately chooses to do in 2026 will be fascinating given he was earning $700,000 per season at the Eels.
Australian Rugby League Commission chief Peter V’landys’ has attempted to rubbish R360 as a ‘competition out of a Corn Flakes box’ – but the NRL has threatened players with 10-year bans if they defect to the rebel league.
Most major rugby union nations, including Australia, are prepared to blacklist players from Test representation if they sign R360 deals.
The privately-owned R360 league, registered to the United Arab Emirates Rugby Federation, is set to feature teams in London, Miami, Tokyo, Dubai, Boston, Cape Town, Lisbon and Madrid.
Former England rugby star turned Royal Family member Mike Tindall is the face and co-founder of the competition, with some contract offers said to be $1.5million per season.
It has also been reported Broncos prop Payne Haas has been tabled a $3million contract.
A player draft for R360 will be held next July, with the inaugural season to begin with six men’s teams, starting on October 2 and finishing before Christmas.
None of the teams will be based in Australia.
The second season in 2027 will run from April to September and feature 12 rounds.
